I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell read more

Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his read more

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be read more

So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply read more

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy read more

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.