The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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Page 55
... least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts that he could not forgive himself . It would be a ...
... least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts that he could not forgive himself . It would be a ...
Page 187
... least of his work will survive him for a generation or two . The belief in posthumous fame is a harmless vanity which often reconciles the artist to the disappoint- ments and failure of his life . How unlikely he is to attain it we see ...
... least of his work will survive him for a generation or two . The belief in posthumous fame is a harmless vanity which often reconciles the artist to the disappoint- ments and failure of his life . How unlikely he is to attain it we see ...
Page 305
... least of the evils of life , and one for which there is small help , is that someone whom you love no longer loves you ; when La Rochefoucauld discovered that be- tween two lovers there is one who loves and one who lets himself be loved ...
... least of the evils of life , and one for which there is small help , is that someone whom you love no longer loves you ; when La Rochefoucauld discovered that be- tween two lovers there is one who loves and one who lets himself be loved ...
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