I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me. - Alexander Pope

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The risk is that you furnish the project with new suggestions to try and freshen it up; it's not always beneficial. You risk betraying the original intention with the story, forgetting what it is you really want to portray.

Alexander Pope

I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

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Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.

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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

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