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Bernard DeVoto Quotes

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom Picture Quote #1

Art is man determined to die sane Picture Quote #1

A novelist has mad a fictional representation of life. I doing so, he has revealed to us more significance, it may be, than he could find in life itself Picture Quote #1

Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows Picture Quote #1

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it Picture Quote #1

The dawn of knowledge is usually the false dawn Picture Quote #1

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History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance Picture Quote #1

Something can be done with people who put pickled onions in: strangulation seems best Picture Quote #1

The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on Picture Quote #1

The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it Picture Quote #1

Between the amateur and the professional... there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his skill, a different psychological organization... A tennis player or a watchmaker or an airplane pilot is an automatism but he is also criticism and wisdom Picture Quote #1

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn Picture Quote #1

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The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger than without its vision there is any evidence we are Picture Quote #1

When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day’s occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain Picture Quote #1

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) Art is man determined to die sane (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) A novelist has mad a fictional representation of life. I doing so, he has revealed to us more significance, it may be, than he could find in life itself (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) The dawn of knowledge is usually the false dawn (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) Something can be done with people who put pickled onions in: strangulation seems best (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) Between the amateur and the professional... there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his skill, a different psychological organization... A tennis player or a watchmaker or an airplane pilot is an automatism but he is also criticism and wisdom (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger than without its vision there is any evidence we are (Bernard DeVoto Quotes) When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day’s occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain (Bernard DeVoto Quotes)