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"17 William Golding Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 19 September 1911. Died: 19 June 1993 | Novelist | Playwright | Poet |

The greatest ideas are the simplest.

Greatest Ideas Simplest
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The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

Thing Fear Hurt Dream
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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been

Women Equal Men Superior
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Worse than madness. Sanity.

Worse Madness Sanity
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At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.

Moment Vision Eye Nothing
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The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.

Trouble Chief Think Wise
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Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

Art Communication Rest Discovery
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No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost.

Human Endeavour Good Cost
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There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it.

Life Love Good Compete
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I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.
Think Art Communicate Useless
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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

Nature Optimist Conviction Pessimist
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What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

What Man Defiles Him
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Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

Childhood Disease Sickness Grow
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Man produces evil as a bee produces honey.

Man Produces Evil Honey
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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

We Disharmony Natures Live
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We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages.

Got Rules Obey Savages
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The way towards simplicity is through outrage.

Way Simplicity Outrage
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William Golding Quotes & Sayings