There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

Quote by James Branch Cabell

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Patriotism is the religion of hell

Patriotism is the religion of hell

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is...

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is...

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for...

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for...

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

No lady is ever a gentleman.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

I am willing to taste any drink once.

I am willing to taste any drink once.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the...

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the...

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The...

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The...

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like...

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like...

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

'Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to...

'Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.