The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
WILLIAM FAULKNERI know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
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She was the captain of her soul
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.
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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
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Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories.
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The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Someone else looks at it and sees a slightly awry phase of it. But taken all together, the truth is in what they saw though nobody saw the truth intact.
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The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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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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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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Only when the clock stops does time come to life
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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.
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I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
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