“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”
― Les Caractères
― Les Caractères
“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
― The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
― The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”
― A Woman of No Importance
― A Woman of No Importance
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― Alarms and Discursions
― Alarms and Discursions
“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
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