Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
HARPER LEEAre you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
More Harper Lee Quotes
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
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We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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