Quotes by Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth

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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat. — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that kee — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
Nothing is a masterpiece - a real masterpiece - till it's about two hundred years old. A picture is like a tree or a chu — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
You take a straight tip from the stable, Cokey, if you must hate, hate the government or the people or the sea or men, b — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister. — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
Why,' I said, quite surprised by my own eloquence in inventing all this stuff, 'it happens every day. The old old story. — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
I will admit that I wanted to shout for standing on the top of a scaffold in front of a good new wall always goes to my — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
B-but, Mr Jimson, I w-want to be an artist.''Of course you do,' I said, 'everybody does once. But they get over it, than — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
Girl going past clinging to a young man's arm. Putting up her face like a duck to the moon. Drinking joy. Green in her e — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
They can't give you all that, Mr Jimson,' said Walter, who was upset. 'It wouldn't be right. What would they give you se — Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth