Quote by Rebecca West
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

Other quotes by Rebecca West

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each others nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. – Rebecca West

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Ideology
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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West

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mom
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There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. – Rebecca West

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Experience
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I can take any truth just dont lie to me. – Barbra Streisand

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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. – Jack Kemp

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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. – James Thurber

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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here. – Quentin Tarantino

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