8 Quotes & Sayings By Stephen Vincent Benet

Stephen Vincent Benet was an American writer of short stories and novels, most famous for his collection of short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster". He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel about the American Civil War, "Battle Cry of Freedom" (1936). He also wrote two books of poetry, "Trees" (1937) and "The Book of Hours: The Evening Office: A Book of Hours for Daily and Sunday Use" (1944). He was a pioneer in the use of radio as a literary medium Read more

His father was a newspaperman. His mother was a schoolteacher who instilled in him strong values, including strong religious beliefs.

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As for what you're calling hard luck - well we made New England out of it. That and codfish. Stephen Vincent Benet
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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. Stephen Vincent Benet
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He could fiddle all the bugs off a sweet-potato vine. Stephen Vincent Benet
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(Abraham Lincoln's) weathered face was homely as a plowed field. Stephen Vincent Benet
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We do not fight for the real but for shadows we make A flag is a piece of cloth and a word is a sound But we make them something neither cloth nor a sound Tokens of love and hate black sorcery stones. Stephen Vincent Benet
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Life is not lost by dying life is lost minute by minute day by day in all the thousand small uncaring ways. Stephen Vincent Benet
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Dreaming men are haunted men. Stephen Vincent Benet