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...

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...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

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

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

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

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...

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

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...

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

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 best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in...

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in...

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.