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Thornton Wilder quotes: Contemplating Clodia I find scarcely a drop in my heart of that compassion which Epicurus enjoins us to extend toward the erring. Contemplating Clodia I find scarcely a drop in my heart of that compassion which Epicurus enjoins us to extend toward the erring.
Thornton Wilder quotes: It is only dogs that never bite their masters. It is only dogs that never bite their masters.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones. The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones.
Thornton Wilder quotes: A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure. A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure.
Thornton Wilder quotes: What is essential does not die but clarifies. What is essential does not die but clarifies.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Heaven's my destination. Heaven's my destination.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible. Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Henceforth letter-writing had to take the place of all the affection that could not be lived. Henceforth letter-writing had to take the place of all the affection that could not be lived.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The past and the future are always present within us. The past and the future are always present within us.
Thornton Wilder quotes: That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer. That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.
Thornton Wilder quotes: As Plato, the dangerous beguiler, said: the best philosophers in the world are boys with their beards new on their chins; I am a boy again. As Plato, the dangerous beguiler, said: the best philosophers in the world are boys with their beards new on their chins; I am a boy again.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time. Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Dissipated men need one trustworthy friend. Dissipated men need one trustworthy friend.
Thornton Wilder quotes: We all have time to expend on what is essential to our nature. We all have time to expend on what is essential to our nature.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan. Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I think that it can be assumed that no adults are ever really 'shocked' - that being shocked is always a pose. I think that it can be assumed that no adults are ever really 'shocked' - that being shocked is always a pose.
Thornton Wilder quotes: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Thornton Wilder quotes: On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below. On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth. The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech. Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech.
Thornton Wilder quotes: On Friday noon, July twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below. On Friday noon, July twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I can't look at everything hard enough! I can't look at everything hard enough!
Thornton Wilder quotes: The best thing about animals is they don't talk much The best thing about animals is they don't talk much
Thornton Wilder quotes: I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal. I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder. The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder.
Thornton Wilder quotes: There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment. There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.
Thornton Wilder quotes: A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie. A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie.
Thornton Wilder quotes: An incinerator is a writer's best friend. An incinerator is a writer's best friend.
Thornton Wilder quotes: People are meant to go through life two by two. 'Tain't natural to be lonesome. People are meant to go through life two by two. 'Tain't natural to be lonesome.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. Even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Guile is the shield and spear of the oppressed. Guile is the shield and spear of the oppressed.
Thornton Wilder quotes: There are few pleasures equal to that of imparting to a voracious learner the knowledge that one has grown old and weary in acquiring. There are few pleasures equal to that of imparting to a voracious learner the knowledge that one has grown old and weary in acquiring.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs. Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs.
Thornton Wilder quotes: EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it ... every, every minute?"STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe ... they do some. EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it ... every, every minute?"
STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe ... they do some.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.
Thornton Wilder quotes: So - people a thousand years from now ... This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our So - people a thousand years from now ... This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying.
Thornton Wilder quotes: In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide. In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them. Favors cease to be favors when there are conditions attached to them.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me. I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me.
Thornton Wilder quotes: But while they continued staring into one another's face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse. But while they continued staring into one another's face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse.
Thornton Wilder quotes: My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate. My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.
Thornton Wilder quotes: A play visibly represents pure existing. A play visibly represents pure existing.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday. Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday.
Thornton Wilder quotes: MRS. ANTROBUS: What, George? What have you lost? ANTROBUS: The most important thing of all: The desire to begin again, to start building. MRS. ANTROBUS: What, George? What have you lost? ANTROBUS: The most important thing of all: The desire to begin again, to start building.
Thornton Wilder quotes: In love's service, only the wounded soldier can serve. In love's service, only the wounded soldier can serve.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Does anybody realize what life iswhile they're living it- every, every minute? Does anybody realize what life is
while they're living it- every, every minute?
Thornton Wilder quotes: I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it. I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility. I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.
Thornton Wilder quotes: When you're at war, you think about a better life; when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one. When you're at war, you think about a better life; when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.
Thornton Wilder quotes: 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. 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.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words. The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know. Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know.
Thornton Wilder quotes: In the early summer of 1902 John Barrington In the early summer of 1902 John Barrington
Thornton Wilder quotes: Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse
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. 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.
Thornton Wilder quotes: There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night. There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home. Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.
Thornton Wilder quotes: An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite. An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The future is the most expensive luxury in the world. The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama. The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow. Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.
Thornton Wilder quotes: It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in. Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.
Thornton Wilder quotes: If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so. The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.
Thornton Wilder quotes: I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie. I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The most exhausting of all our adventures is that journey down the long corridors of the mind to the last halls where belief is enthroned. The most exhausting of all our adventures is that journey down the long corridors of the mind to the last halls where belief is enthroned.
Thornton Wilder quotes: But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Everybody's talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses. Everybody's talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.
Thornton Wilder quotes: If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good
Thornton Wilder quotes: Everybody has a right to their own troubles. Everybody has a right to their own troubles.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will. Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.
Thornton Wilder quotes: You have to love life to have life, and you need to have life to love life You have to love life to have life, and you need to have life to love life
Thornton Wilder quotes: Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough. Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.
Thornton Wilder quotes: We live in what is, but we find a thousand ways not to face it. Great theater strengthens our faculty to face it. We live in what is, but we find a thousand ways not to face it. Great theater strengthens our faculty to face it.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to. Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.
Thornton Wilder quotes: For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative? For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?
Thornton Wilder quotes: A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it. A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.
Thornton Wilder quotes: The silence of the three of them had made a little kernel of sense in a world of boasting, self-excuse and rhetoric. The silence of the three of them had made a little kernel of sense in a world of boasting, self-excuse and rhetoric.
Thornton Wilder quotes: It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home. It's when you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
Thornton Wilder quotes: You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life. You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life.
Thornton Wilder quotes: We all know more than we know we know. We all know more than we know we know.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense. Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense.
Thornton Wilder quotes: Once in a thousand times, it's interesting. Once in a thousand times, it's interesting.

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