It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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 natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

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...

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

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...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

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

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

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...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...