“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Category: Quotations
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“Certain shades of limelight wreck a girl’s complexion.” — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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“An eye for an eye leads only to more blindness.” — Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
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“No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.” — Isaac Asimov, The Near East
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“Survival, it is called. Often it is accidental, sometimes it is engineered by creatures or forces that we have no conception of, always it is temporary.” — Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
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“A zoo is a better window from which to look out of the human world than a monastery.” — John Gray, Straw Dogs
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“I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playing.” — Joan Didion, Play It as It Lays
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“Gratitude is a great thing to have and a dangerous thing to expect.” — Michael Wade, “Random Thoughts,” Execupundit (2021-05-04)
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“Who says nothing is impossible? I’ve been doing nothing for years.” — Henny Youngman, Henny Youngman’s Bar Jokes, Bar Bets and Bar Tricks
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“Pure nonsense is a joy forever, as Keats didn’t quite say.” — William Zinsser, On Writing Well
