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Joyce Cary was a British novelist known for his intricate explorations of human relationships and the social dynamics of his era. Born on December 7, 1888, in Bombay, India, Cary spent a significant part of his life in Nigeria before returning to England. His most celebrated novel, 'Mister Johnson,' was published in 1932 and is regarded as a classic of English literature.

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Famous Joyce Cary Quotes

“You take a straight tip from the stable, Cokey, if you must hate, hate the government or the people or the sea or men, but don't hate an individual person. Who's done you a real injury. Next thing you know he'll be getting into your beer like prussic acid; and blotting out your eyes like a cataract and screaming in your ears like a brain tumour and boiling round your heart like melted lead and ramping though your guts like a cancer. And a nice fool you'd look if he knew. It would make him laugh till his teeth dropped out; from old age.”

People Men Government Hate Sea Injury Gulley Jimson Coker Melted Lead Prussic Acid

Book:THE HORSE'S MOUTH

Source: THE HORSE'S MOUTH

“It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.”

Knows Men World Political Knowledge Tragedy

Book:Art and reality: ways of the creative process

Source: Art and reality: ways of the creative process

“A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man”

Men Perfect Creativity Creation Conceited

Author:Joyce Cary

“Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.”

Men Wise Sea Pilgrim Navigation

Book:Selected essays

Source: Selected essays

“Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And their smiles are just politeness.”

People Men Kind Age Lasts Morning Listening Old Age Old Man Breeze Absent Politeness Trumpets Absent Minded

Book:the hore's mouth

Source: the hore's mouth

About the Author

Born: December 7, 1888
Died: March 29, 1957
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 54

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