The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is an oldest country and she is it, it is she who is the mother of the twentieth century civilization. She began to feel herself as…

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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

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

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is very easy to love alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

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...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.