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> [If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/if-one-truly-has-lost-hope-one-would-not-be-on-hand-to-say-so/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

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## More by Eric Bentley

> [If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/if-one-truly-has-lost-hope-one-would-not-be-on-hand-to-say-so/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/a-play-has-two-authors-the-playwright-and-the-actor/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/ours-is-the-age-of-substitutes-instead-of-language-we-have-jargon/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/even-in-a-jungle-lovely-flowers-will-spring-up-here-and-there-such/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/ours-is-the-age-of-substitutes-instead-of-language-we-have-jargon-2/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/like-dreams-farces-show-the-disguised-fulfillment-of-repressed-wishes/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [“Literature deals with morality but does not necessarily, does not, qua literature, help you to be more moral, either by precept or example. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/literature-deals-with-morality-but-does-not-necessarily-does-not-qua/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/geography-is-about-maps-but-biography-is-about-chaps/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/fashion-which-elevates-the-bad-to-the-level-of-the-good-subsequently/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [If melodrama is the quintessence of drama, farce is the quintessence of theatre. Melodrama is written. A moving image of the worldis provided by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/if-melodrama-is-the-quintessence-of-drama-farce-is-the-quintessence/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

> [“What then is the difference between film and theatre? Or should one not rather ask: what are the differences? Let us be content wi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-bentley/what-then-is-the-difference-between-film-and-theatre-or-should-one/)

[Eric Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-bentley/)

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