"Fear, born of the stern matron Responsibility, sits……" — William McFee
"Fear, born of the stern matron Responsibility, sits on one's shoulders like some heavy imp of darkness, and one is preoccupied and, possibly, cantankerous."
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William McFee
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24 Quotes by William McFee
William McFee has 24 quotes on this site.
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People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune.
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One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.
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Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.
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A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see yow they are getting…
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It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little…
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The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.
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A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than…
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The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?
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There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.
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If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
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The artist in his teens who is happy is a charlatan. Life comes bursting in all around lis too suddenly,…
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There is nothing like a start, and being born, however pessimistic one may become in later years, is undeniably a…
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