“People talk so much to me about the beauty of confidence. They seem to entirely ignore the much more subtle beauty of doubt. To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. The Apostle Thomas was artistic up to a certain point. He appreciated the value of shadows in a picture. To be on the alert is to live. To be lulled into security is to die.”
Quote by Robert Smythe Hichens
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Robert Smythe Hichens
Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 - July 20, 1950) was a British journalist and author best known for his satirical novel "The Green Carnation" (1894), which covertly satirized Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Hichens also wrote poetry, including "The Ballad of the Goodly Fere," and worked as a journalist for various British publications during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. more
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