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James Branch Cabell quotes: ... nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses.

... nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses.

James Branch Cabell quotes: As it is, plain reasoning assures me I am not indispensable to the universe: but with this reasoning, somehow, does not travel my belief.

As it is, plain reasoning assures me I am not indispensable to the universe: but with this reasoning, somehow, does not travel my belief.

James Branch Cabell quotes: A manpossessesnothing certainlysavea brief loanof his own body.

A manpossessesnothing certainlysavea brief loanof his own body.

James Branch Cabell quotes: In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

James Branch Cabell quotes: 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?

James Branch Cabell quotes: At all events, I do not mean to leave it unaltered.

At all events, I do not mean to leave it unaltered.

James Branch Cabell quotes: That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you ... a subtle and immortal spirit.

That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you ... a subtle and immortal spirit.

James Branch Cabell quotes: The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Life is very marvelous ... and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

Life is very marvelous ... and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

James Branch Cabell quotes: I am willing to taste any drink once.

I am willing to taste any drink once.

James Branch Cabell quotes: It amuses me to weep for a dead man with eyes that once were his.

It amuses me to weep for a dead man with eyes that once were his.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic

Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic

James Branch Cabell quotes: There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

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

James Branch Cabell quotes: Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

James Branch Cabell quotes: No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them.

No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them.

James Branch Cabell quotes: What am I that I am called upon to have prejudices concerning the universe?

What am I that I am called upon to have prejudices concerning the universe?

James Branch Cabell quotes: Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.

Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.

James Branch Cabell quotes: No lady is ever a gentleman.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

James Branch Cabell quotes: People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

James Branch Cabell quotes: There is no escaping, at times, the gloomy suspicion that fiddling with pens and ink is, after all, no fit employment for a grown man.

There is no escaping, at times, the gloomy suspicion that fiddling with pens and ink is, after all, no fit employment for a grown man.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle?

Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle?

James Branch Cabell quotes: But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic.

But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating
conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Good and evil keep very exact accounts ... and the face of every man is their ledger.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts ... and the face of every man is their ledger.

James Branch Cabell quotes: There is no gift more great than love.

There is no gift more great than love.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible from ever coming true?

Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible from ever coming true?

James Branch Cabell quotes: People must have both their dreams and their dinners in this world, and when we go out of it we must take what we find. That is all.

People must have both their dreams and their dinners in this world, and when we go out of it we must take what we find. That is all.

James Branch Cabell quotes: I have followed after the truth, across this windy planet upon which every person is nourished by one or another lie.

I have followed after the truth, across this windy planet upon which every person is nourished by one or another lie.

James Branch Cabell quotes: The touch of time does more than the club of Hercules.

The touch of time does more than the club of Hercules.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.

Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily prove wrong

Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily prove wrong

James Branch Cabell quotes: [we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.

[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.
[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.

James Branch Cabell quotes: The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills - and as immortal.

The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills - and as immortal.

James Branch Cabell quotes: The only way of rendering life endurable is to drink as much wine as one can come by.

The only way of rendering life endurable is to drink as much wine as one can come by.

James Branch Cabell quotes: While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is

James Branch Cabell quotes: In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

James Branch Cabell quotes: I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.

Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.

James Branch Cabell quotes: alcohol played the midwife

alcohol played the midwife

James Branch Cabell quotes: People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood.

Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood.

James Branch Cabell quotes: Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .

Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .

James Branch Cabell quotes: Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.