My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Quote by James Joyce

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What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole...

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection ï¿½ that one...