I do that which I do in every place. Here also, at the gateway of that garden into which time has not entered, I fight with time my ever-losing battle, because to do that diverts me. James Branch Cabell More Quotes by James Branch Cabell More Quotes From James Branch Cabell Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor. James Branch Cabell notion neighbor 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 indispensable belief doe In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words? James Branch Cabell doe animal men Whatever there is to know, That shall we know one day. James Branch Cabell one-day knows There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible, are little better than malefactors of great wealth. James Branch Cabell captains wealth littles 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 obstacles life-and-death youth What really matters is that there is so much faith and love and kindliness which we can share with and provoke in others, and that by cleanly, simple, generous living we approach perfection in the highest and most lovely of all arts. . . . But you, I think, have always comprehended this. James Branch Cabell simple life art Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood. James Branch Cabell understood life looks There is no gift more great than love. James Branch Cabell love-life life Patriotism is the religion of hell. James Branch Cabell patriotism hell religion At all events, I do not mean to leave it unaltered. James Branch Cabell events mean The man was not merely very human; he was humanity. And I reflected that it is only by preserving faith in human dreams that we may, after all, perhaps some day make them come true. James Branch Cabell humanity dream men In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility. James Branch Cabell civility religious matter The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills — and as immortal. James Branch Cabell writing running beautiful I have followed after the truth, across this windy planet upon which every person is nourished by one or another lie. James Branch Cabell windy planets lying I am willing to taste any drink once. James Branch Cabell willing drink taste Trapped dreams must die. James Branch Cabell trapped dies dream Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. James Branch Cabell heart may people Men have begun to observe and classify, they turn from creation to Criticism... It is the Fashion to be a wit... one must be able to conceal indecency with elegant diction; manners are everything, morals nothing. James Branch Cabell fashion criticism men If we assiduously cultivate our powers of exaggeration, perhaps we, too, shall obtain the Paradise of Liars. And there Raphael shall paint for us scores and scores of his manifestly impossible pictures... and Shakespeare will lie to us of fabulous islands far past 'the still-vex'd Bermoothes,' and bring us fresh tales from the coast of Bohemia. For no one will speak the truth there, and we shall all be perfectly happy. James Branch Cabell liars lying past
