War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTry to be better than yourself.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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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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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
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It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
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