No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
WILLIAM FAULKNERNo 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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A man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won’t fail to see a chance to meddle.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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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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No one individual can tell the truth.
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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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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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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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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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
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