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    Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.

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The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a read more

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.

by George Santayana Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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The heart is half a prophet.

The heart is half a prophet.

by Yiddish Proverb Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

by Horace Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the read more

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

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Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.

by David Borenstein Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

by Mark Twain Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Emotion Quotes,
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Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

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