Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism. George A. Moore More Quotes by George A. Moore More Quotes From George A. Moore Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality? George A. Moore dream running love The wrong way always seems the more reasonable. George A. Moore wrong-way reasonable way Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. George A. Moore philosophy history art Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish. George A. Moore selfish mind men world A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George A. Moore search man home world travel The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him. George A. Moore good man society life The difficulty in life is the choice. George A. Moore choice difficulty life The truth is that I am in love with Dublin. I think it is the most beautiful town that I have ever seen, mountains at the back and the sea in front, and long roads winding through decaying suburbs and beautiful woods. George A. Moore truth sea beautiful love Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell. George A. Moore feeling remorse hell heaven A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there. George A. Moore pen never man letters England produced Shakespeare, and the British Empire the six-shilling novel. George A. Moore empire british-empire british england 'The Dublin Magazine' has been edited with good taste, and it is very agreeable reading, but to speak quite candidly, I do not believe in the future of any literary journal any more than I believe in the future of the Trinity. George A. Moore good future reading believe Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. George A. Moore out something he everybody To what better purpose can a man's energy be devoted, and his talents, than the resuscitation of his country's language? George A. Moore better man language energy An idea is so impersonal; it is yours today and the whole world's tomorrow. George A. Moore yours tomorrow today world Men never get free from morality, only women. George A. Moore never morality women men Every race gets the religion it deserves, and only as policemen, pugilists, and priests have they succeeded, here and there a successful lawyer, but nothing more serious. George A. Moore nothing lawyer serious religion An idea has been running in my head that books lose and gain qualities in the course of time, and I have worried over it a good deal, for what seemed to be a paradox, I felt to be a truth. George A. Moore lose good truth time The right I claim is that of every human being to speak what he believes to be the truth to whomever he may meet on his way. George A. Moore meet speak truth way I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number of naughts: an average of a thousand words a day! For thirty days! George A. Moore words i-am day hope
