They (the Negroes) will endure. They are better than we are. Stronger than
we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or that white men and
bondage have taught them....And their virtues...endurance...and pity and
tolerance and fidelity and love of children.
-- William Faulkner (1897-1962) "The Bear" (1932)
we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or that white men and
bondage have taught them....And their virtues...endurance...and pity and
tolerance and fidelity and love of children.
-- William Faulkner (1897-1962) "The Bear" (1932)
Related:
- No company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the
vices of others than virtues,
as disease is far more courageous than health. --... - A cucumber won't say "Let's keep trying until we have a boy."
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Reasons why cucumbers are better than... - The virtues of society are the vices of the
saint. --... - Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.
Richard Henry... - Our virtues are most frequently but vices
disguised... - We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to
prevent them.
Dora... - Of all the floures in the mede,
Than love I most these floures white and rede,
Soch that men callen daisies in our toun. -- Geoffrey... - It is flattering some men to
endure them... - We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the
nation's welfare than gold and silver,
fame or popularity. -- Brigham Young (1801-1877)...
