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Samuel Butler (novelist) - Letters are like wine; if...
Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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