The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
WILLIAM FAULKNERA man is the sum of his misfortunes.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them.
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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
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Because 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.
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If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.
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Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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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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I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.
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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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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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