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Joyce Cary Quotes

Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once Picture Quote #1

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest Picture Quote #1

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother? Picture Quote #1

Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish ostentation and a display that is less an evidence of grief than a vulgar travesty of those pompous obsequies where no grief is Picture Quote #1

When a woman gets the idea of justice, there’s no teaching her any sense Picture Quote #1

I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love Picture Quote #1

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An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes Picture Quote #1

No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life Picture Quote #1

A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment Picture Quote #1

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it Picture Quote #1

The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die Picture Quote #1

Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends. Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations Picture Quote #1

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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. It’s a new world every heart beat Picture Quote #1

It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only remedy for dogmatism and lies is toleration and the greatest possible liberty of expression Picture Quote #1

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience Picture Quote #1

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too Picture Quote #1

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Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once (Joyce Cary Quotes) No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest (Joyce Cary Quotes) Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother? (Joyce Cary Quotes) Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish ostentation and a display that is less an evidence of grief than a vulgar travesty of those pompous obsequies where no grief is (Joyce Cary Quotes) When a woman gets the idea of justice, there’s no teaching her any sense (Joyce Cary Quotes) I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love (Joyce Cary Quotes) An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes (Joyce Cary Quotes) No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life (Joyce Cary Quotes) A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment (Joyce Cary Quotes) Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it (Joyce Cary Quotes) The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die (Joyce Cary Quotes) Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends. Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations (Joyce Cary Quotes) To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. It’s a new world every heart beat (Joyce Cary Quotes) It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only remedy for dogmatism and lies is toleration and the greatest possible liberty of expression (Joyce Cary Quotes) I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience (Joyce Cary Quotes) The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm (Joyce Cary Quotes) For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too (Joyce Cary Quotes)

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