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John Berryman Quotes: Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
         

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.


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This page presents the quote "Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.". Author of this quote is John Berryman. This quote is about praise, blame, pity, self, vanity,.