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Misattributed quotes — Doris Lessing

1919–2013 England

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11 quotes

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.

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Trust no friend without faults, and love a maiden, but no angel.

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The worst of superstitions is to think
One's own most bearable.

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What is a hero without love for mankind?

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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

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I have found it to be true that the older I've become the better my life has become.

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Man, whence is he?
Too bad to be the work of a god, too good for the work of chance.

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I, who ne'er
Went for myself a begging, go a borrowing,
And that for others. Borrowing's much the same
As begging; just as lending upon usury
Is much the same as thieving.

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Better Counsel comes overnight.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Doris Lessing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.