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Sinclair Lewis Quotes

Sinclair Lewis quotes

American Novelist, Writer February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951

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He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-"
Sleep with me sleep with my dogs- Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Well, if that’s what you call being at peace, for heaven’s..."
Well, if that’s what you call being at peace, for heaven’s sake just warn me before you go to war, will you? Sinclair Lewis
The poor we have always with us, and the purpose of the Lord in providing the poor is to enable us of the better classes to amuse ourselves by investigating them and uplifting them and at dinners telling how charitable we are. The poor don't like it much. They have no gratitude. They would rather be uplifters themselves. But if they are taken firmly in hand they can be kept reasonably dependent and interesting for years. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for..."
I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies Sinclair Lewis
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has..."
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't..."
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write Sinclair Lewis
It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form."
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Winter is not a season, it's an occupation."
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still..."
Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how..."
You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath. Sinclair Lewis
The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day. Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis quote: "Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a..."
Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. Sinclair Lewis

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