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Naguib Mahfouz Quotes

Visit me once each year, for it’s wrong to abandon people forever Picture Quote #1

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening Picture Quote #1

The real malady is fear of life, not of death Picture Quote #1

Insults are the business of the court Picture Quote #1

We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity Picture Quote #1

If we reject science, we reject the common man Picture Quote #1

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In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain Picture Quote #1

Madness is the acme of intelligence Picture Quote #1

Today’s interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization Picture Quote #1

Happy is he who can give himself up Picture Quote #1

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art Picture Quote #1

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems Picture Quote #1

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Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life Picture Quote #1

What I want is to draw inspiration only from the truth... My qualifications for this important role include a large head, an enormous nose, disappointment in love, and expectations of ill health Picture Quote #1

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday Picture Quote #1

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems Picture Quote #1

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself Picture Quote #1

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace Picture Quote #1

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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees Picture Quote #1

I defend both the freedom of expression and society’s right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things Picture Quote #1

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat Picture Quote #1

I’ve never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party Picture Quote #1

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see Picture Quote #1

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature Picture Quote #1

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it’s because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me Picture Quote #1

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning Picture Quote #1

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last Picture Quote #1

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts Picture Quote #1

It’s clearly more important to treat one’s fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one’s head to a prayer mat Picture Quote #1

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Visit me once each year, for it’s wrong to abandon people forever (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) The real malady is fear of life, not of death (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) Insults are the business of the court (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) If we reject science, we reject the common man (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) Madness is the acme of intelligence (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) Today’s interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) Happy is he who can give himself up (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) What I want is to draw inspiration only from the truth... My qualifications for this important role include a large head, an enormous nose, disappointment in love, and expectations of ill health (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I defend both the freedom of expression and society’s right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I’ve never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I didn’t make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it’s because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes) It’s clearly more important to treat one’s fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one’s head to a prayer mat (Naguib Mahfouz Quotes)

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