Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...