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Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.
People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.
We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.
I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.
What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.
most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.
Writing should be testimony to the vast flow of life through us.
Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
writing is the profound pleasure and being read the superficial.
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.
If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.
So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him.
Death is the protector of life and life is the process of death.
In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply.
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found.
Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
A man never gets anywhere if facts and his ledgers don't square.
He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.
The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.
A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.
The study of an idea is, of necessity, the story of many things.
It's the place to begin, always -- to return to home, literally.
There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.
All beautiful things must end. Otherwise they are not beautiful.
If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.
Music is a current of hard choices made to seem easy by the mind.
As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.
We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.
Forget what you've been taught so you can remember what you know.
If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice.
I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smells like victory.
Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.
The social body persists although the component cells may change.
The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.
Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.