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Quotes from The Last Years of a Rebel — Edith Sitwell

1887–1964 England

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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

People are usually made Dames for virtues I do not possess.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

I wouldn't dream of following a fashion... how could one be a different person every three months?

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

I am resigned to the fact that people who don't know me loathe me. Perhaps it is because I am a woman writing poetry. It must be annoying to a man who wants to write to see this horrid old lady who can.

The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)

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