James Branch Cabell Quotes

» The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.

» Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

» People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

» Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

» Patriotism is the religion of hell.

» No lady is ever a gentleman.

» There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

» Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

» While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

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