"The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization."

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Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.48, Delphi Classics

Lytton Strachey

#War Quotes #Taken Quotes #Passion Quotes

“There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.”
“To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied.”
“Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.”
“In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.”
“I'm working for a woman, not a lady. What I hate the most is that "lady" talk. You know, when I read a review, "The lady wears a Bottega Veneta. . . ." What lady? It's the same girls who are walking the runway an hour later elsewhere. But probably it is just the sophistication in our material, the nuance of the color, or the quality of the makeup or the hair that make people think that way. Most people just don't understand simplicity.”
“Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers.”

Source : "Fictional character: Innkeeper". "Dracula", 1958.
“In a statement to the Associated Press earlier in the year, Jamie Lynn said she didnâ€™t have a boyfriend. She said, â€˜Iâ€™m keeping my options open.â€™ And by options, she meant legs.”
“You'll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.”

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