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Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

Robert Penn Warren: The end of...

The end of man is knowledge, but [man] can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him; whether he is killed...

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Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

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Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with...

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John LeCarre: Having your book...

John LeCarre: Having your book...

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

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Jessamyn West: It is easy...

Jessamyn West: It is easy...

It is easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your...

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Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Source: The...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

'Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

Source: The Country of...

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Charles Buxton: You will never...

Charles Buxton: You will never...

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Source:...

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Charles Buxton: Success soon palls....

Charles Buxton: Success soon palls....

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your...

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Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Novels are longer...

Novels are longer than life.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and Writers,...

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Mark Twain: A man cannot...

Mark Twain: A man cannot...

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: Civilization is a...

Mark Twain: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Man is a...

Mark Twain: Man is a...

Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Source: In...

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John Bunyan: Some said, John,...

John Bunyan: Some said, John,...

Some said, John, print it; other said, Not so:
Some said, It might do good; others said,...

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin: Every action of...

Edwin Hubbel Chapin: Every action of...

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

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Augustus (and Julius) Hare: The greatest truths...

Augustus (and Julius) Hare: The greatest truths...

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Source: In...

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Mahatma Gandhi: All crime is...

Mahatma Gandhi: All crime is...

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

Source: In Correct...

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Robert Penn Warren: I've been to...

Robert Penn Warren: I've been to...

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do...

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Theodore M Hesburgh: The most important...

Theodore M Hesburgh: The most important...

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

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