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Quotes from Haunts of Ancient Peace — Alfred Austin

1835–1913 England

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Hospitality should be accidental, spontaneous, and impulsive, not pre-arranged and calculated.

Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902)

To homes pervaded by charm, as to works of Art that approach perfection, the more happily constituted minds say 'Yes' without any qualification. The proper homage due to them is absolute assent.

Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902)

[T]he charm of a half-neglected old garden arises from its having, once upon a time, not been neglected.

Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902)

A person of the right sort is one who has a solid grasp and realistic apprehension of people and things as they are, an irresistible inclination to transfigure them according to his imagination, and an inexhaustible supply of philosophic humour.

Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902)

All imitation is exaggeration.

Haunts of Ancient Peace (1902)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Austin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.