"The public will accept a masterpiece, but it will not accept an attempt to write a masterpiece."
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Vain Fortune, Chapter 1 (1891).
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George Moore (novelist)
George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist.
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