James Branch Cabell Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by James Branch Cabell:

No lady is ever a gentleman.
~James Branch Cabell


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People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#d7d38213

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#a1adaf78

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#78aef54d

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#db2b08b9

Patriotism is the religion of hell.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#292668e0

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
~James Branch Cabell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#2d003ed3

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
~James Branch Cabell


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#875baa23

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?
~James Branch Cabell


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-branch-cabell-quotes/#836b220f

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