"It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!"

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Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.174

Emily Eden

#Too Late Quotes #Half Quotes #Hours Quotes

“Joint consumption doesnâ€™t create intimacy,”
“The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.”
“It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with.”
“Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.”

Source : "Interview in Rome". Encountering Directors, (pp. 15-32), 1972.
“After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.”
“There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.”
“Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have no time for the pitiful.”
“happy people have got something to give to the world.”

Source : Patricia Wentworth (1953). “Vanishing point”

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