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

Quote by William Faulkner

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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

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...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

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.

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

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

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...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

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

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

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The Ode on...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

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

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

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

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...

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in...

Yell at your child and you prevent him from being bad for a day. Teach...

Yell at your child and you prevent him from being bad for a day. Teach...