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Unhappily in England just now,...the type of journalist who seems to have most readers is permitted to be the least sagacious and the least independent.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
The art of life...is to be thought odd. Everything will then be permitted to you.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
One must expect inconsistency. Every moment conditions are different, and therefore we are; every moment we are older, and there is less of life to live, and the thought can lead to odd impulses.
Genevra's Money (1922)
The crying need for the moment in this country, as in America, is a gospel of poverty to cope with the gospel of riches that is vitiating society.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
What does matter is that in a French inn you may be as witty as you can, as intelligent as you can, but some one there will be more intelligent, more witty.
Old Lamps for New (1911)
I never need to see any one twice to know them. My first impressions are always right. Sometimes I go back on my first impressions, but it is always a mistake to do so.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
The smell of autumnal woods, as well as of coffee roasting in the towns, is among the few things that the French arrange better than we.
Events and Embroideries (1927)
Not the least remarkable thing in this wonderful world in which we grope and have our being, is the amazing differences that can exist in the children of the same parents.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
'Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something—my Gawd!
Boswell of Baghdad. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)
His mind...with all its vigour and acumen, though naturally inclined to justice and courage, is about as capable of impartiality as a prize-fighter is capable of metaphysics.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
One of the most serious thoughts that life provokes is the reflection that we can never tell, at the time, whether a word, a look, a touch, an occurrence of any kind, is trivial or important.
Landmarks (1914)
It was almost impossible for a book to carry no association for that swooping, pouncing brain. He either knew it, or knew of it, or had always wanted to know it.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
Venice indeed imposes laziness. Even Americans doing Europe approach restfulness there. There is no hurrying a gondolier.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
After my experiences I know that it is not the disposal of books that presents the greatest difficulty to a bookseller, but the acquisition of them.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
Suzanne could not read a word, but the last atom of flavour was conserved in every dish that she sent to table; and what is literature compared with cooking? One is shadow and the other is substance.
Rose and Rose (1921)
The mere fact of never having a holiday is not in itself distressing. Holidays often are overrated disturbances of routine, costly and uncomfortable, and they usually need another holiday to correct their ravages.
Twixt Eagle and Dove (1918)
I will admit to feeling exceedingly proud when any cat has singled me out for notice; for, of course, every cat is really the most beautiful woman in the room. That is part of their deadly fascination.
Variety Lane (1916)
So long as there are advertisements there cannot be absolutely free speech. It is not humanly possible.
Over Bemerton's (1908)
How can Nancy know her own mind when she has not got one? She is a dear, sweet girl, and I was devoted to her—am devoted to her—but she has no mind. It was I who was to give her that.
London Lavender (1912)
I bade farewell to the May stars, and did one of the most adventurous things left to us — I went to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. All the authors of the world cannot spoil those.
Loiterer's Harvest (1913)