More quotes by V. S. Pritchett
All great things, in our time, can only be seen in fragments, by fragmentary people.
Mass society destroys the things it is told are its inheritance.
Life — how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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