The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over...

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...

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?

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are...

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...

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by...

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.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details...

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...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy...

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...

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.

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the...

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering...

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is...