"All perfection is melancholy."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.3695, Delphi Classics

Margaret Oliphant

#Perfection Quotes #Melancholy Quotes

“I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish.”
“The government's assertion that it must be unhindered in protecting our security can camouflage the desire to increase Executive power, while the press's cry of the public's right to know can mask a quest for competitive advantage or a hidden animus. Neither the need to protect our security nor the public's right to know is a blank check.”
“The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.”

Source : Thomas Hardy, Michael Millgate (1984). “The life and work of Thomas Hardy”
“The exciting thing about seeing a new show is that you are taken on a journey of surprises, if you know what's coming it takes away the fun.”

Source : "Brian May/Kerry Ellis: Exclusive Interview". The Official Queen Website, February 21, 2011.
“Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness. If men and women practiced mental calisthenics as they do physical calisthenics, they would purge their brains of this foolishness.”
“I don't think I'm qualified to answer questions about happiness. But I guess I'd say that I don't think you ever get to put to bed something like a search for order, or any other element of your sensibility, however much you'd like to.”
“There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.”

Source : Interview with Kyle Ryan, film.avclub.com. September 30, 2008.
“Daumier paints with an enormous capacity for absolute empathy; a complete identification of himself with the figures he paints. He sets forth what it feels like to do something; not what somebody looks like doing it.”

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