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~ Thornton Wilder Quotes ~
« on: November 11, 2015, 07:20:33 PM »
Thornton Wilder Quotes


An American playwright and novelist.
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 — December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.

Here are some famous quotes by  Thornton Wilder.




A play visibly represents pure existing.
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2015, 07:21:01 PM »
Pride avarice and envy are in every home.
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Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
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Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
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The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.
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I not only bow to the inevitable I am fortified by it.
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2015, 07:23:10 PM »
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
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Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.
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Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2015, 07:25:22 PM »
If a man has no vices he's in great danger of making vices about his virtues and there's a spectacle.
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2015, 07:25:47 PM »
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2015, 07:26:13 PM »
That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2015, 07:26:39 PM »
We live in what is but we find 1000 ways not to face it. Great theatre strengthens our faculty to face it.
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2015, 07:27:05 PM »
Many plays certainly mine are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2015, 07:27:31 PM »
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
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