"But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?"

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Source : Charles Portis (2010). “True Grit: A Novel”, p.84, The Overlook Press

Charles Portis

#Done Quotes #Fool Quotes

“The hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings.”
“I know my sound when i hear it. My stroke is just my stroke.”
“I never wanted anyone to know about me and Osama [Bin Laden]. I wanted that to be a secret that I carried to my grave, and since I wasn't the one who revealed it'it's definitely something that I wish was in the closet. It's destroyed my career.”
“Yes, the rise in corporate power had roots in the gearing up for the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig, a supporter of government aid to expanding industry - to "internal improvements" that supported the growth of business. He was an early capitalist, not one who wanted to preserve some rural paradise.”
“All this happened, more or less.”
“The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e to lead anyone.”
“Be careful not to blame yourself if someone rejects Christ. If you do, you might be tempted to take credit when someone accepts him.”
“I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone.”

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