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Showing 1-30 of 179. “How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”. ― Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie. tags: words. 164 likes. Like.
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Theodore Dreiser's quote, "Be as cautious as you may, there's no one at the exit," delivers a profound message about the precarious nature of life. Despite our best efforts to be cautious and vigilant, our destiny is ultimately uncertain and beyond our control.
- Theodore Dreiser, Donald Pizer
- 1900
- “How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
- “People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument.
- “How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean.” ― Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie.
- “Many individuals are so constituted that their only thought is to obtain pleasure and shun responsibility. They would like, butterfly-like, to wing forever in a summer garden, flitting from flower to flower, and sipping honey for their sole delight.
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