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

John Steinbeck

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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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
JOHN STEINBECK

Brain Weapons
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
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Fight Military
It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.
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Impossible Reading
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Lonely People World
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
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Empathy Feeling People Understand
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
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Feet Horse Men Spiritual
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
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Dog Human Thinking
American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse.
JOHN STEINBECK

Life Marriage Sex
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
JOHN STEINBECK

Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
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

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

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