What did Phyllis Bottome mean by: We cannot alter facts, but we can alter our ways of looking at them. Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom Copy
It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Danger, Idea, Practice, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Truth is no man’s slave – but lies – what magnificent servants they make. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Lies, Power, Truth, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Belief, Hope, Overcoming, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Belief, Glory, Panic, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Limitations, Nature, Realism, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Change, Knowledge, Utility, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Caution, Jealousy, Social hierarchy, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient – never. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Deception, Mortality, Relationships, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
