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«The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.»
Author: Dame Edith Sitwell
(Biographer, Critic, Poet)
| About:
Flattery
| Keywords:
assuring, encourage, flattery, soothe
«I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.»
Author: Dame Edith Sitwell
(Biographer, Critic, Poet)
| About:
Competence,
Taxation
| Keywords:
incompetent, pianos
«The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.»
Author: Dame Edith Sitwell
(Biographer, Critic, Poet)
| About:
Clothes,
Trouble
| Keywords:
attract, Englishwoman, Englishwomen, incarnation, previous, the Incarnation
«I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.»
Author: Dame Edith Sitwell
(Biographer, Critic, Poet)
| About:
Authority,
Church,
Discipline
| Keywords:
unworthy, unworthy of
«It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees»
«Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.»
«I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.»
Author: Dame Edith Sitwell
(Biographer, Critic, Poet)
| Keywords:
catfish, eel, Eels, electric, electric eel, pool, unpopular
«I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the highest flights of art»
«I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.»
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