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title: "1 World Lunatic Quotes By Sloan Wilson"
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> [“The trick is to learn to believe that it's a disconnected world, a lunatic world, where what is true now was not true then; where Thou Shalt Not Kill and the fact that one has killed a great many men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-trick-is-to-learn-to-believe-that-it-s-a-disconnected-world-a/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

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## More by Sloan Wilson

> [I don't have any contempt for the men who have to have jobs and have to commute and have to pay the mortgage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/i-don-t-have-any-contempt-for-the-men-who-have-to-have-jobs-and-have/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class. It's a highly mobile group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-american-middle-class-always-wants-to-be-upper-class-and-is/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/a-man-who-wants-time-to-read-and-write-must-let-the-grass-grow-long/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [You don't really know much until you get to be 70.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/you-don-t-really-know-much-until-you-get-to-be-70/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [The world's treated me awfully well, and I guess it's crept into my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-world-s-treated-me-awfully-well-and-i-guess-it-s-crept-into-my/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/it-is-impossible-to-treat-a-child-too-well-children-are-spoiled-by/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/when-you-have-children-you-can-t-say-you-re-not-interested-in-money/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [“Only masochists can get along without editing their own memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/only-masochists-can-get-along-without-editing-their-own-memories/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-definition-of-a-beautiful-woman-is-one-who-loves-me/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/success-in-almost-any-field-depends-more-on-energy-and-drive-than-it/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [The only real reason to write professionally is that you love it enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-only-real-reason-to-write-professionally-is-that-you-love-it/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [You're not going to go far unless you're a workaholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/you-re-not-going-to-go-far-unless-you-re-a-workaholic/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [People don't say 'Zounds!' anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/people-don-t-say-zounds-anymore/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [“The trick is to learn to believe that it's a disconnected world, a lunatic world, where what is true now was not true then;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/the-trick-is-to-learn-to-believe-that-it-s-a-disconnected-world-a/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

> [You won't understand me unless you understand that I am an odd ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloan-wilson/you-won-t-understand-me-unless-you-understand-that-i-am-an-odd-ball/)

[Sloan Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloan-wilson/)

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