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

Quote by Doris Lessing

Topics: Faults Quotes, Women Quotes

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...

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

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...

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

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

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

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

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...

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...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Small things amuse small minds.

Small things amuse small minds.

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...

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...

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

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...

Laughter is by definition healthy

Laughter is by definition healthy

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

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

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

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,...

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...

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...