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“Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soul-moving picture was ever painted that had not in it depth of shadow.”

— Peter Bayne

Source: Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers — Wikisource

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