Author: Gerald Brenan

Quotes

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

- Gerald Brenan

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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