A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an intoxicating savor.
The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment fro… - Hugh Walpole
The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment fro…
- Hugh Walpole
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. - Hugh Walpole
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.
I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams - Hugh Walpole
I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams
Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world. - Hugh Walpole
Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.
In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. - Hugh Walpole
In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room. - Hugh Walpole
[A distressing event] came like a door banging on to a silent room.
I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider than material… - Hugh Walpole
I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider than material…
Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it. - Hugh Walpole
Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.
Art and life ought to be hurriedly remarried and brought to live together. - Hugh Walpole
Art and life ought to be hurriedly remarried and brought to live together.
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