An appeal to a goodness which is not in him is, to a vain and sensitive soul, a stinging insult.
Truth is tarter than taradiddles; and nothing is tarter, terser, than truth on the track of tired trash in a trance. - Frederick Rolfe
Truth is tarter than taradiddles; and nothing is tarter, terser, than truth on the track of tired trash in a trance.
- Frederick Rolfe
An appeal to a goodness which is not in him is, to a vain and sensitive soul, a stinging insult. - Frederick Rolfe
Most people have only half developed their single personalities. That a man should split his into four and more; and should develop each separately a… - Frederick Rolfe
Most people have only half developed their single personalities. That a man should split his into four and more; and should develop each separately a…
It's all nonsense to say that the Fifteenth Century can't possibly speak to the Twentieth, because it is the Fifteenth and not the Twentieth, and bec… - Frederick Rolfe
It's all nonsense to say that the Fifteenth Century can't possibly speak to the Twentieth, because it is the Fifteenth and not the Twentieth, and bec…
Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always striving after novelties - Fren… - Frederick Rolfe
Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always striving after novelties - Fren…
The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall. - Frederick Rolfe
The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall.
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