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Letter "J" » James Stephens Quotes
«Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies»
Author: James Stephens
(Poet)
| About:
Animals,
Enemies,
Women
| Keywords:
birds, heads, provision, surrounded, turning
«Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.»
«Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.»
«What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow»
Author: James Stephens
(Poet)
«Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.»
«Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.»
«A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.»
«Men come of age at sixty,women at fifteen.»
«I would think until I found/ Something I can never find,/ Something lying on the ground,/ In the bottom of my mind.»
Author: James Stephens
(Poet)
«If a person desires to be a humorist it is necessary that the people around him shall be at least as wise as he is, otherwise his humor will not be comprehended.»
Author: James Stephens
(Poet)
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