There are some things for which three words are three too many, and three thousand words that many words too less.
WILLIAM FAULKNERDon’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
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No one individual can tell the truth.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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History is not was, it is.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863…
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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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