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From The Dunciad, by Alexander Pope

SEE

"How little, see! that portion of the ball,
Where faint at best the beams of science fall!"

From Book the Third

A Caricature

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From The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera, translated by Michael Henry Heim

HAD NOT

"He had not the slightest ambition to be quoted by the historians of centuries to come. He was simply afraid of being quoted by the police."

From Chapter 14

A Caricature

Daily Dose

From The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow

DIDN'T

"I didn't oppose him, so he spoke with unusual affection."

From Chapter 12

A Caricature

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From The Sound of the Waves, by Yukio Mishima, translated by Meredith Weatherby

WHILE

"While he was pondering these matters, time had moved ahead surprisingly fast. This boy who was so inexpert at thinking was surprised to discover that one of the expected properties of thought was its efficacy as a time-killer."

From Chapter 12