“A pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.” — Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance
Tag: Rex Stout
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“I don’t know how a brain that is never used passes the time.” — Rex Stout, The Final Deduction
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“Impetuosity is a virtue only when delay is dangerous.” — Rex Stout, Too Many Clients
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“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.” — Rex Stout, The Rubber Band
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“I don’t answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.” — Rex Stout, The Rubber Band
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“To be broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.” — Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men
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“The potency of knowledge depends on how and when it is used.” — Rex Stout, Murder by the Book
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“I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.” — Rex Stout, Might as Well Be Dead
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“There’s nothing as safe as ignorance — or as dangerous.” — Rex Stout, The Squirt and the Monkey
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“To assert dignity is to lose it.” — Rex Stout
“To assert dignity is to lose it.” — Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men