Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether,...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write...

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one...

Language is wine upon the lips.

Language is wine upon the lips.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing:...

I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing:...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well...

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us; it's the way people...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty, and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...