My friends, young men of letters, look carefully upon this golden example! Be prudent, young man; never, when entering upon a literary career, publis… - José Maria de Eça de Queirós

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My friends, young men of letters, look carefully upon this golden example! Be prudent, young man; never, when entering upon a literary career, publish poem or story without first taking the precaution of being for some years Prime Minister of England.

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About José Maria de Eça de Queirós

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (or Eça de Queirós) (November 25, 1845 – August 16, 1900) was a Portuguese novelist, short-story writer, travel-writer, critic and diplomat. His novels, which are often compared to those of Balzac, Flaubert and Zola, satirize the Portuguese bourgeoisie and priesthood.

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Native Name: José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
Alternative Names: José Maria Eça de Queiroz
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A strange people, for whom it is out of the question that anyone can be moral without reading the Bible, and strong without playing cricket, and a gentleman without being English! And it is this that makes them so detested. They never fuse, they never lose their Englishness.
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