The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.

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Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into...

The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.