"But the eighteenth century, on the whole, loathed melancholy."

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Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.162, tredition

George Saintsbury

#Melancholy Quotes #Century Quotes

“You cannot become a master until you actually take the leap, do the work, make several thousand mistakes, and live to tell about it.”
“But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a park [. . .] and nobody by to perceive them. [...] The objects of sense exist only when they are perceived; the trees therefore are in the garden [. . .] no longer than while there is somebody by to perceive them.”
“Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.”
“I am a prince I have it all, and I hear your foot steps on the wall, I wait in silence for your call, and take a shot and watch you fall.”
“I'm always excited about my upcoming shows. I love what I do; I feel very lucky to be able to do what I do, and I never get tired of it. Every time I'm backstage before a show and I feel the murmur of the crowd, it's just incredibly exciting. And I consider myself very fortunate to be able to do this for a job. It's a great life.”
“I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin.”
“National Socialism will use its own revolution for establishing of a new world order.”
“If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two millenia of Catholic thought, denying the teaching of several previous popes, and contradicting the teaching of Scripture.”

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