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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.

John Steinbeck

If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
JOHN STEINBECK

Giving Sick Simple
Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.
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Illusion Religion Socialism
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
JOHN STEINBECK

Encouragement Goodness Inspirational Perfection
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
JOHN STEINBECK

Escape Life
To be alive at all is to have scars.
JOHN STEINBECK

Alive Scars
Time is the only critic without ambition.
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Ambition Judgment One Liner Time
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Lonely People World
You’re bound to get ideas if you go thinkin’ about stuff.
JOHN STEINBECK

Ideas Thinking Yourself
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
JOHN STEINBECK

Goodness Lose Love Right
There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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Person Responsibility Space
My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.
JOHN STEINBECK

Funny Hell Imagination Travel
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
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.
JOHN STEINBECK

Family Parents
Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
JOHN STEINBECK

See Truth Writing
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
JOHN STEINBECK

Death Failure Love Men Talent

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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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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