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 FAULKNERUnless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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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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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
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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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For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863…
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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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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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Yes. A man will talk about how he’d like to escape from living folks. But it’s the dead folks that do him the damage. It’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.
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He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
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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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The salvation of the world is in man’s suffering.
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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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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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