Top 6 Quotes by Marjorie Bowen

What a rope of sand we are without a leader.

Leadership, Leader, Rope

Marjorie Bowen (1907). “The Master of Stair”

Does one ever see any ghost that is not oneself?

Doe, Ghost, Oneself

Marjorie Bowen (1948). “Mignonette: A Novel”

I think sometimes - do not we all? - that perhaps the present year is my last year and that all my busyness is foolish.

Death, Thinking, Years

Marjorie Bowen (1951). “To Bed at Noon”

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.

Men, Fool, Deceiving

It is more difficult ... to rule the King's favorites than for the favorites to rule the King.

Kings, Difficult

Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.

Return, Flattery, Flattered

Marjorie Bowen (1938). “World's Wonder and Other Essays”

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