“Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.” — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
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“She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.” — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
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“He was restless and rational, which is not a mood in which to view the cinema.” — Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
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“There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.” — Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
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“Maybe if they didn’t know it beforehand, they wouldn’t find out I’d ever been guilty of trying to think for myself.” — Sinclair Lewis, Main Street
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“Myron reflected that there are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things you don’t wish to do.” — Sinclair Lewis, Work of Art
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“The trouble with this country is… that there’re too many people going about saying ‘The trouble with this country is—’” — Sinclair Lewis, Dodsworth
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“I must say I’m not very fond of oratory that’s so full of energy it hasn’t any room for facts.” — Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
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“There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it.” — Sinclair Lewis
“There was much conversation, most of which sounded like the rest of it.” — Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith
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“It came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.” — Sinclair Lewis
“It came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself.” — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
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