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If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.
Phyllis Bottome
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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
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All persecution is a sign of fear for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.
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Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.
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... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!
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Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
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Truth is its own defense.
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Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.
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it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.
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Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
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