Popular Quotes
Authors
Topics

Popular Quotes
Authors
Topics

Lytton Strachey

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own.

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own.

Download

amateur common french

These are some quotes by English author Lytton Strachey Critic, who lived between March 1, 1880 and January 21, 1932.

Quotes by Lytton Strachey

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

Lytton Strachey

actionaristocracybackground

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Lytton Strachey

englishmanlovemoliere

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Lytton Strachey

artclarifyhigh

Related Quotes

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.

David Morrell

amateurassumeflaw

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

frenchfronthappy

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Robert Duvall

albertabrightcity

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Background image

Filter by keyword:

Quick Links

About

Contact us / Send quote

Popular Authors

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Mario J. Molina

Show all authors

Popular Topics

Show all topics

Copyright © Softland 2016-2025. All rights reserved.