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Edmund Wilson Quotes
Brief author info: Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) American literary and social critic, novelist, playwright, short-story writer and poet.
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They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness.
The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another.
One didn't really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future or counting the cost, produced dreadful disabilities and bankruptcies later.
I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees.
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
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Inspirational Quote
Here is the secret of inspiration: tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
Success Quote
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Funny Quote
Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
Happiness Quote
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Change Quote
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
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