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James Branch Cabell
American
Novelist
About the author
No lady is ever a gentleman.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Lady
#Gentleman
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Temptation
#Satisfaction
#Memory
Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Time
#Direction
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#God
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Being
#Man
#Poetry
#Rebellion
Patriotism is the religion of hell.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Hell
#Religion
#Patriotism
People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
James Branch Cabell,
American
Novelist
#Love
#People
#Tragedy
#Results
#Variety