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It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

John Steinbeck

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
JOHN STEINBECK

Corruption Fear Loss Power
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
JOHN STEINBECK

Literature Lonely Soul
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
JOHN STEINBECK

Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
JOHN STEINBECK

Deep Season Summer Winter
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
JOHN STEINBECK

Defeat Destroy Greatness Success Victory World
I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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Believe Love Myself
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
JOHN STEINBECK

Born Lost Myself
And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
JOHN STEINBECK

Circus Equality Women
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fools Literature Man
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
JOHN STEINBECK

Darkness Grief Light Loss
People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.
JOHN STEINBECK

Moments People See
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Lonely People World
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
JOHN STEINBECK

Illusion Religion Socialism
In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Change Herself Money Sickness

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