They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
WILLIAM FAULKNEROnly she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
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History is not was, it is.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
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Try to be better than yourself.
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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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All l mixed up with them, like trying to, having to, move your arms and legs with strings, only the same strings are hitched to all the other arms and legs and the others all trying and they don’t know why either except that the strings are all in one another’s way.
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
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