No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
WILLIAM FAULKNERBecause no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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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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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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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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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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Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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