The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isnt sex but something else. – James Agate
New Years Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. – James Agate
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it. – James Agate
Dont pity me now, dont pity me never; Im going to do nothing for ever and ever. – James Agate
Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett