“Myron reflected that there are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don't wish to do.”

—  Sinclair Lewis

Work of Art (1934) Ch. 21

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American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright 1885–1951

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