They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.

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I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.