A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
WILLIAM FAULKNERGood ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
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Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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