A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECKHow can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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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 believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.
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Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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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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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
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