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Joyce Cary

"It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything."

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"It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."
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"God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing."
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"For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity."
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"Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too."
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"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body."
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"The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer."
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"Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress."
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"A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments."
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Joyce Cary
"It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything."
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