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Laurence Housman Quotes

If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three Picture Quote #1

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment Picture Quote #1

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance Picture Quote #1

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted Picture Quote #1

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved Picture Quote #1

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together Picture Quote #1

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My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine Picture Quote #1

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old Picture Quote #1

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony Picture Quote #1

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment Picture Quote #1

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe Picture Quote #1

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers Picture Quote #1

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That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front Picture Quote #1

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world Picture Quote #1

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative Picture Quote #1

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result Picture Quote #1

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment Picture Quote #1

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn’t write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy Picture Quote #1

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A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education Picture Quote #1

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family Picture Quote #1

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world’s wrong the greatest of all Picture Quote #1

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write Picture Quote #1

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily Picture Quote #1

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage Picture Quote #1

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For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own Picture Quote #1

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If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three (Laurence Housman Quotes) Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment. (Laurence Housman Quotes) Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance (Laurence Housman Quotes) The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted (Laurence Housman Quotes) The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved (Laurence Housman Quotes) My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together (Laurence Housman Quotes) My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine (Laurence Housman Quotes) I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old (Laurence Housman Quotes) It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony (Laurence Housman Quotes) Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment (Laurence Housman Quotes) I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe (Laurence Housman Quotes) Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers (Laurence Housman Quotes) That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front (Laurence Housman Quotes) On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world (Laurence Housman Quotes) My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative (Laurence Housman Quotes) I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result (Laurence Housman Quotes) It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment (Laurence Housman Quotes) If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn’t write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy (Laurence Housman Quotes) A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education (Laurence Housman Quotes) If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family (Laurence Housman Quotes) It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world’s wrong the greatest of all (Laurence Housman Quotes) If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write (Laurence Housman Quotes) I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily (Laurence Housman Quotes) I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage (Laurence Housman Quotes) For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own (Laurence Housman Quotes)