Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...