William Empson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by William Empson:

Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#95c88b52

It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#e126cfda

The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#d5747173

You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#7394c011

Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#11ef8f7c

My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#0750b321

Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.
~William Empson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/william-empson-quotes/#ad88f808

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