A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.

Quote by William Faulkner

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I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...