What did Marguerite Yourcenar mean by: Cruelty is the luxury of those who have nothing to do, like drugs or racing stables. - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France Copy
+ Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Agreement, Morality, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ Every hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Duty, Hours, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ For me, a poet is someone who is ‘in contact.’ Someone through whom a current is passing. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Currents, Passing, Poet, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Age, Book, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Beautiful, Book, Children, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Profit, Self, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ But happiness is brittle, and if men and circumstances don’t destroy it, it is threatened by ghosts. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Circumstances, Ghost, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
+ I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marguerite Yourcenar, Honesty, Lying, Truth, 0 - Marguerite Yourcenar Writer · France
I don’t understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it’s a mind-altering possibility. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere. - William Morris Designer · England
Elegance is a question of personality, more than one’s clothing. - Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion designer · France
I’ve been racing a long time, and I realize you go through good streaks and bad streaks. - Jeff Gordon Race car driver · USA
And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem. - Jerry Garcia
