Accounts Quote by James Branch Cabell

“Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.” quote by James Branch Cabell — Download Open image

“Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.”

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American literature was enriched with Men Who Loved Allison … Of the actual and eventual worth of this romance I cannot pretend to be…

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Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.

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Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible…

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Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.…

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I am Manuel. I have lived in the loneliness which is common to all men, but the difference is that I have known it.…

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Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.

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“That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you…a subtle and immortal spirit.”

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People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

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Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .

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I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished,…

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There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible,…

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And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer . Thus…

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Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

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A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is…

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The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no…

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You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take…

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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts…

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