Quote by Rebecca West
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early st

It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

Other quotes by Rebecca West

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. – Rebecca West

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Pleasure
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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Music
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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communication
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Other Quotes from
History
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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell

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History

The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. – Jon Meacham

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History

I feel like Im too busy writing history to read it. – Kanye West

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History

I did not come to NASA to make history. – Sally Ride

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History

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. – Voltaire

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I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence. – Ayrton Senna

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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is whats known as infinity. – Jean Cocteau

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