Dorothea Brande

The games of the

The games of the ancient Greeks were, in their original institutions, religious solemnities. Dorothea Brande

Act as though it

Act as though it is impossible to fail. Dorothea Brande

So long as new

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs. Dorothea Brande

The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now the other. Dorothea Brande

The worst effect of

The worst effect of party is its tendency to generate narrow, false, and illiberal prejudices, by teaching the adherents of one party to regard those that belong to an opposing party as unworthy of confidence. Dorothea Brande

Fiction supplies the only

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world. Dorothea Brande

Proverbs are for the

Proverbs are for the most part rules of moral, or, still more properly, of prudential conduct. Dorothea Brande

Most writers flourish greatly

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety. Dorothea Brande

The genius keeps all

The genius keeps all his days the vividness and intensity of interest that a sensitive child feels in his expanding world. Dorothea Brande

In the long run

In the long run it makes little difference how cleverly others are deceived; if we are not doing what we are best equipped to do, or doing well what we have undertaken as our personal contribution to the world’s work, at least by way of an earnestly followed avocation, there will be a core of … Read more