The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
“In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares with few other artists.” — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
The law of dislike for the unlike will always prevail. And whereas the unlike is normally situated at a safe distance, the Jews bring… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many people believe in no God at all. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
What clinical lectures I will give in heaven, demonstrating the ignorance of doctors! — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is, that they forget it is growing. The second is, that they… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
Artistic truth is for me literally the highest truth: art may seize the essence of persons and movements no less truly, and certainly far… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
There never was such an age in which so many people were able to write badly. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
