He needs us like he needs a mud dauber's nest up his pant leg

John Steinbeck


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That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

John Steinbeck


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Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!

John Steinbeck


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No one wants advice - only corroboration.

John Steinbeck


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It's one of the great fallacies, it seems to me, that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to man.

John Steinbeck


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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

John Steinbeck


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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

John Steinbeck

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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.

John Steinbeck

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Here is individual responsibility and the invention of conscience. You can if you will but it is up to you. This little story(from the Bible)turns out to be one of the most profound in the world. I always felt it was,but now I know it is.

John Steinbeck

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

John Steinbeck

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