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Than Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
- It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
- It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned…
- Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because…
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
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- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino