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Rebecca West Quotes about Giving

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Yes,” said Mamma, “this is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way of losing it. We love people, and we say that we are going to do more for them than friendship, but it makes such

Yes,” said Mamma, “this is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way of losing it. We love people, and we say that we are going to do more for them than friendship, but it makes such fools of us that we do far less, indeed sometimes what we do could be mistaken for the work of hatred.

People, Common Sense, Giving

Rebecca West (2010). “The Fountain Overflows”, p.275, Open Road Media

Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

Civilization, Giving, Justice

1912 'The Personal Service Association: Work for Idle Hands to Do', in The Clarion,13 Dec.

the bad is more easily perceived than the good. A fresh lobster does not give such pleasure to the consumer as a stale one will give him pain.

Pain, Evil, Giving

Rebecca West (2010). “A Train of Powder”, p.62, Open Road Media

Fiction and poetry are the only way one can stop time and give an account of an experience and nail it down so that it lasts for ever.

Giving, Nails, Fiction

The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.

Successful, Giving, Portraits

Rebecca West (2014). “Henry James: A Critical Biography”, p.42, Open Road Media

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