10 Jul 2023
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. — E. W. Howe, some sources say Nadine GordimerE. W. Howe: American NovelistBorn: May 3, 1853Died: October 3, 1937#Advice #Worth #Scare #E. #W. #Howe #American #Novelist
9 Jul 2023
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. — Aldous...
9 Jul 2023
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. — Ivy Compton-BurnettIvy Compton-Burnett: English NovelistBorn: June 5, 1884Died: August 27, 1969#Feeling #Credit #Leopard #Ivy #ComptonBurnett #English #Novelist
9 Jul 2023
A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people – that is useful as far as it goes, but that excludes the case of, say, a hunter in the rainforest who has no money but is not poor. And there can be a number of people with money...
9 Jul 2023
A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. — Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway: American NovelistBorn: July 21, 1899Died: July 2, 1961#Book #Punishment #Ernest-Hemingway #American #Novelist
