Quotes of Edith Sitwell - somelinesforyou

“ Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Poetry is the deification of reality. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...But I am too busy thinking about myself. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I am dying, but otherwise I am quite well. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… But I am too busy thinking about myself. ”

- Edith Sitwell

“ I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… But I am too busy thinking about myself. ”

- Edith Sitwell
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