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Standing Alone Quotes

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.240, Tuttle Publishing

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.

John Stuart Mill (1989). “J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings”, p.70, Cambridge University Press

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound”, p.214, University of Chicago Press

There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.

William Gaddis (2002). “The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occasional Writings”, p.89, Penguin