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> [It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic duty, your true romantic has the truer vision, and beholds, afar off, in all its lurid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/it-may-be-that-while-we-plodding-realists-go-on-for-ever-preoccupied/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

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## More by William McFee

> [Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/responsibility-s-like-a-string-we-can-only-see-the-middle-of-both/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [Woman dwell always in the palace of unpalatable truth and never by any chance is there a magic talisman to save them from their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/woman-dwell-always-in-the-palace-of-unpalatable-truth-and-never-by/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [There is far too much talk of love and grief benumbing the faculties, turning the hair gray, and destroying a man's interest in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/there-is-far-too-much-talk-of-love-and-grief-benumbing-the-faculties/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/it-is-so-much-easier-to-tell-intimate-things-in-the-dark/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/people-don-t-ever-seem-to-realize-that-doing-what-s-right-writes-no/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [“People don't seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/people-don-t-seem-to-realize-that-doing-what-s-right-is-no-guarantee/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [An Englishman never takes his collar off when he is writing. How can you expect him to show you his soul?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/an-englishman-never-takes-his-collar-off-when-he-is-writing-how-can/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/the-world-belongs-to-the-enthusiast-who-keeps-cool/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than to snatch the knotted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/a-trouble-is-a-trouble-and-the-general-idea-in-the-country-is-to/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/it-may-be-that-while-we-plodding-realists-go-on-for-ever-preoccupied/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/people-don-t-ever-seem-to-realize-that-doing-what-s-right-is-no/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/fear-born-of-that-stern-matron-responsibility/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see yow they are getting on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/a-young-man-must-let-his-ideas-grow-not-be-continually-rooting-them/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [The artist in his teens who is happy is a charlatan. Life comes bursting in all around lis too suddenly, too crudely, too cruelly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/the-artist-in-his-teens-who-is-happy-is-a-charlatan-life-comes/)

[William McFee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mcfee/)

> [Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mcfee/wives-invariably-flourish-when-deserted-it-is-the-deserting-male-the/)

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