Dare, will, keep silence. William Bolitho More Quotes by William Bolitho More Quotes From William Bolitho Adventure must start with running away from home. William Bolitho homerunningadventure You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action. William Bolitho christmasgivingart The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics. William Bolitho policeimaginationhands An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free. William Bolitho prayeradventurehands Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social. William Bolitho individualelementsadventure A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of living color William Bolitho cuttingbeautifulmemories The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes. William Bolitho things-in-lifeimportantmistake Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. William Bolitho poetrysorrydull General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. William Bolitho societylittlesculture It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves. William Bolitho bootypiratethieves The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day. William Bolitho marriagegirlstrong We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution. William Bolitho revolutiongovernmentdresses The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin. William Bolitho drinkbottlesway
