Quotes by Wilder, Thornton

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, a >>

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration >>

The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you >>

Quotations about Vice

Vice knows that she is ugly, so she puts on her mask. >>

Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, cont >>

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their de >>

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.

Wilder, Thornton