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There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth the publishing to find honest men to publish it and to get sensible men to read it.

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There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth the publishing to find honest men to publish it and to get sensible men to read it.

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About C. C. Colton

Charles Caleb Colton (bapt. 11 December 1777 – 28 April 1832) was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.