Category: Quote of the Day

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, or oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. Discuss

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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. Discuss

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Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moldering before him? Discuss

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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Discuss

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Love is…the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. Discuss

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Success comes to a writer, as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. Discuss

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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. Discuss

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In some ways, you know, people that don’t exist, are much nicer than people that do. Discuss

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One always tends to overpraise a long book because one has got through it.

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I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

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