The Artist's Life
A source page for quotes linked to Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie.
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“Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us, because some other hour might take it away?”
“People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.”
“Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.”
“If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.”
“love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.”
“A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.”
“We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.”
“Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.”
“Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature.”
“In life there are no Unities, but three Incomprehensibles: Destiny, Man, and Woman.”
“It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.”
Source: The Artist's Life
“Conscience is the name which the orthodox give to their prejudices.”
“To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life.”
“When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.”
“Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.”