We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
HARPER LEEIt’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
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The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
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Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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