And all the woe that moved him so That he gave that bitter cry the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats None knew so well as I: For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
You, who know all the secrets of life, tell me how to charm Sibyl Vane to love me! I want to make Romeo jealous, I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.
The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one’s clean linen in public.
A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.