Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

Quote by Rebecca West

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There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

There is in every one of us an unending see-saw between the will to live...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are...

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of...

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in...

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in...