Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
WILLIAM FAULKNERBecause no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
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No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
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I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try until it comes right.
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It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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You get born and you try this and you don’t know why, only you keep on trying it and you are born at the same time with a lot of other people.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
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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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Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
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