“There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible, are little better than malefactors of great wealth.” IfsLittlesWealthIndustryCaptains Book:The Cream of the Jest Source: The Cream of the Jest
“I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming phrases; with tears and with tinsel, and with sugar-coated pills, and with platitudes slightly regilded. Yes, and I fight him also with little mirrors wherein gleam confusedly the corruptions of lust, and ruddy loyalty, and a bit of moonshine, and the pure diamond of the heart's desire, and the opal cloudings of human compromise: but, above all, I fight that ravening dotard with the strength of my own folly.” HumansHeartLittlesDesireFightingThreeBitsMy OwnAttitudeTearsPureWeaponsMirrorsCorruptionLoyaltyLustCompromisePhrasesFollySugarGesturesDiamondCharmingPillsAmusingGleamGluttonyPlatitudesOpalMoonshineTinsel Book:The Witch-woman: A Trilogy about Her Source: The Witch-woman: A Trilogy about Her
“For all men have but a little while to live and none knows his fate thereafter. So that a man possesses nothing certainly save a brief loan of his body: and yet the body of man is capable of much curious pleasure.” KnowsMenLittlesBodyPleasureFateCapableCuriousLoan Book:Jurgen Source: Jurgen
“Everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken atwill from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits, to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness.” LifeLittlesMadeLife IsTaughtHabitTasksUselessNightmareRejoiceMiraculousExquisiteTediousUnimportant Book:The Cream of the Jest: The Lineage of Lichfield, Two Comedies of Evasion Source: The Cream of the Jest: The Lineage of Lichfield, Two Comedies of Evasion
“Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.” WorldLittlesMatterOptimismOptimisticLabelsPessimismCreedsOptimistPessimistBeing OptimisticOptimism In LifePositive OptimisticOptimism And PessimismOptimistic LifeOptimists And PessimistsPositivity And Optimism Author:James Branch Cabell
