Author: Gerald Brenan

Quotes

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

- Gerald Brenan

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

- Gerald Brenan

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

- Gerald Brenan

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

- Gerald Brenan

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.

- Gerald Brenan

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

- Gerald Brenan

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

- Gerald Brenan

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