black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

William Faulkner

Related Topics

Chronic Deceive Himself Liar Lie Only Practical Quickest Say Selfconvicted Veracity

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Error Learn Mistake Own People Teach Yourself
We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Afraid Be Ourselves Start Teach
The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Despair Field Folly Fool Illusion Man Own Philosopher Reveal Victory
You can’t beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don’t even try to.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Anyhow Beat Dislike Even Trouble Try Uproar Wise Women
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. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Artist Beg Choose Creature Demon Done Driven Everybody Steal Wonder Work
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Against Alaska Anywhere Color Equality Living Race Snow Today World
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Base Dream Fail Failure Impossible Match Perfection Rate Us
If there is a God what the hell is He for?
WILLIAM FAULKNER

For God Hell
Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Always Artist Behind Final Important Importantly Irrevocable Leave Man Mortal Oblivion Pass Possible Since Someday Something Through Wall
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Always Can Do Dream Higher Know Shoot You
It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Flouted Hard Man Need Road Seem
Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Be Beter To Try Yourself
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Else Infact Look Nobody See Slightly Someone Taken Together Truth
You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Could Do Except Just Know Knowmobidy Me Much Not So You
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Better Bother Contemporaries Predecessor Try Yourself
A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Any Experience Imagination Lack Need Observation One Other Supply Thing Three Time Two Writer
You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Despite Fault Love Virtue You
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Even Honest Liar Lie Man Same Scare Tell Torture Truth
Who gathers the withered rose?
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Gather Rose Withered
The ideal woman which is in every man’s mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Every Evoke Hand Ideal Man Mind Phrase Stage Which Women Word Wrist
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Important Most One Talent Thought Time
My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Been Experience Food Little Need Own Paper Tobacco Tool Trade Whisky
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Back Bear Cash Either Got Kidos Matter Money Paper Picture Refuse Young
Now she hates me. I have taught her that, at least.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Hate Least Me Now She
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Children Color Country Culture Desperate Matter Murder Probably Reach Reason Survive
The past is never dead, it is not even past.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Dead Even never Not Past
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Believe Capable Compassion Endurance Endure Man Merely Prevail Sacrifice Spirit

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes