I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience…

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Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Making music to me is so much more important than being a star. If I...

Making music to me is so much more important than being a star. If I...

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by...

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by...