Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.
JAMES JOYCEChildren must be educated by love, not punishment.
More James Joyce Quotes
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God made food; the devil the cooks.
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One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.
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Civilization may be said indeed to be the creation of its outlaws.
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His heart danced upon her movement like a cork upon a tide.
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Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.
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I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
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Wipe your glasses with what you know.
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
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He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
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His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.
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The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
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Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.
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Sentimentality is unearned emotion.
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