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Joyce Cary quotes: Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

Joyce Cary quotes: Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

Joyce Cary quotes: When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.

When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.

Joyce Cary quotes: No honest hardworking official likes to see good money disappearing into the hands of the Treasury at the end of the financial year.

No honest hardworking official likes to see good money disappearing into the hands of the Treasury at the end of the financial year.

Joyce Cary quotes: I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

Joyce Cary quotes: Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

Joyce Cary quotes: To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

Joyce Cary quotes: The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.

Joyce Cary quotes: I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

Joyce Cary quotes: The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

Joyce Cary quotes: An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes.

An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes.

Joyce Cary quotes: Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress.

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress.

Joyce Cary quotes: It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

Joyce Cary quotes: The concept, the label, is perpetually hiding from us all the nature of the real.

The concept, the label, is perpetually hiding from us all the nature of the real.

Joyce Cary quotes: A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

Joyce Cary quotes: A perpetually new and lively world, but a dangerous one, full of tragedy and injustice.

A perpetually new and lively world, but a dangerous one, full of tragedy and injustice.

Joyce Cary quotes: What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

Joyce Cary quotes: The principal fact of life is the free mind.

The principal fact of life is the free mind.

Joyce Cary quotes: It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

Joyce Cary quotes: Something you have to make ... It's all work, work.

Something you have to make ... It's all work, work.

Joyce Cary quotes: A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Joyce Cary quotes: Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.

Joyce Cary quotes: A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

Joyce Cary quotes: I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love.

I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love.

Joyce Cary quotes: I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.

I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.

Joyce Cary quotes: Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

Joyce Cary quotes: It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.

Joyce Cary quotes: I want the best of everything for everybody, and it will cost millions.

I want the best of everything for everybody, and it will cost millions.

Joyce Cary quotes: Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.

Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.

Joyce Cary quotes: People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

Joyce Cary quotes: For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

Joyce Cary quotes: All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

Joyce Cary quotes: Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Joyce Cary quotes: Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders.

Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders.

Joyce Cary quotes: What is it in the actor, the stage, that casts so powerful a spell on the young imagination?

What is it in the actor, the stage, that casts so powerful a spell on the young imagination?

Joyce Cary quotes: No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

Joyce Cary quotes: The only good government ... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright.

The only good government ... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright.