Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed

Quote by John Fowles

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Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

He that deserves nothing should be content with anything.

He that deserves nothing should be content with anything.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...