It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing...