No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
JOHN STEINBECKTime is the only critic without ambition.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments
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An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
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Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
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