In times of exceptional stress, nature will often give people's behavior so tragical a complexion that neither a picture nor a verbal description is competent to represent its titanic energy. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure The Alchemist
“I am a zoologist or a sociologist, which is the same thing;” The Duel
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