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Good Quotes by Thornton Wilder
- I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment…
- There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.
- A man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in a…
- Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.
- People were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very…
- Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
- Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal…
- Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot…
- Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the…
- If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good
- I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.
- All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.
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