And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIt seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Try to be better than yourself.
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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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All l mixed up with them, like trying to, having to, move your arms and legs with strings, only the same strings are hitched to all the other arms and legs and the others all trying and they don’t know why either except that the strings are all in one another’s way.
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The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
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