The Artist's Life
A source page for quotes linked to Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie.
“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.”
“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.”