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Thornton Wilder Quotes
«The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.»
«My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy»
Author: Thornton Wilder
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Advice,
Philosophy
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cream, ice cream, inquire, plate, whither
«Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.»
Author: Thornton Wilder
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combination, dishonor, dishonored, dishonoring, dishonors, drunkards, lecherous, liars, miserly, repute, reputed, sinners, weaknesses
«The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape»
«For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?»
Author: Thornton Wilder
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alleviation
«Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day.»
«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...»
«And we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead,»