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Rose Macaulay Quotes

Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that we rightly welcome any reading matter which avoids this Picture Quote #1

Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labour that man and womankind has devoted to the preparation of dishes that are to melt and vanish in a moment like smoke or a dream, like a shadow, and as a post that hastes by, and the air closes behind them, afterwards no sign where they went is to be found Picture Quote #1

Women have one great advantage over men. It is commonly thought that if they marry they have done enough, and need career no further. If a man marries, on the other hand, public opinion is all against him if he takes this view Picture Quote #1

Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning Picture Quote #1

News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself Picture Quote #1

A hot bath! How exquisite a vespertine pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours, the austerities, the renunciations of the day Picture Quote #1

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Life is one long struggle to disinter oneself, to keep one’s head above the accumulations, the ever deepening layers of objects... which attempt to cover one over, steadily, almost irresistibly, like falling snow Picture Quote #1

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being.... The open mind is the empty mind Picture Quote #1

To lunch with the important... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder Picture Quote #1

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls Picture Quote #1

One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them Picture Quote #1

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it Picture Quote #1

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Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful Picture Quote #1

You should always believe all you read in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting Picture Quote #1

Why is humanity so excessive in the way it does things? The golden mean seems out of fashion Picture Quote #1

Mozart is everyone’s tea, pleasing to highbrows, middlebrows and lowbrows alike, though they probably all get different kinds of pleasure from him Picture Quote #1

Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in Picture Quote #1

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Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that we rightly welcome any reading matter which avoids this (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Once learnt, this business of cooking was to prove an ever growing burden. It scarcely bears thinking about, the time and labour that man and womankind has devoted to the preparation of dishes that are to melt and vanish in a moment like smoke or a dream, like a shadow, and as a post that hastes by, and the air closes behind them, afterwards no sign where they went is to be found (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Women have one great advantage over men. It is commonly thought that if they marry they have done enough, and need career no further. If a man marries, on the other hand, public opinion is all against him if he takes this view (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that is the hour spent in bed with a book after being called in the morning (Rose Macaulay Quotes) News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself (Rose Macaulay Quotes) A hot bath! How exquisite a vespertine pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigours, the austerities, the renunciations of the day (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Life is one long struggle to disinter oneself, to keep one’s head above the accumulations, the ever deepening layers of objects... which attempt to cover one over, steadily, almost irresistibly, like falling snow (Rose Macaulay Quotes) To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being.... The open mind is the empty mind (Rose Macaulay Quotes) To lunch with the important... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder (Rose Macaulay Quotes) The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls (Rose Macaulay Quotes) One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful (Rose Macaulay Quotes) You should always believe all you read in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Why is humanity so excessive in the way it does things? The golden mean seems out of fashion (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Mozart is everyone’s tea, pleasing to highbrows, middlebrows and lowbrows alike, though they probably all get different kinds of pleasure from him (Rose Macaulay Quotes) Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in (Rose Macaulay Quotes)

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