Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
advanced avoid avoidance english-novelist far seldom till
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
blending courage english-novelist physical
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
business success
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.
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Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available.
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Now the restaurants have begun to catch up with the wine-making; there are numerous great restaurants in Napa Valley, and it's wonderful because the people are there for just that: great food and great wine.
passes sympathy
What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.
admit american-poet average child parent
There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.
american-journalist few half man men partly uses won
If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.
american-journalist forget reader reads writer writes
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
york
One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.
death
Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.
authority failure hands ignorant places poorest supreme
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.
perhaps
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.