It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

Topics: Age Quotes

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness....

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole...

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other...

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?

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood...

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo,...

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo,...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

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

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

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Sometimes we fight. sometimes we cry. We're best friends, we never lie.

Sometimes we fight. sometimes we cry. We're best friends, we never lie.

We are always by each other, never leaving. We are best friends, never deceiving.

We are always by each other, never leaving. We are best friends, never deceiving.