An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“To a Bonaparte it represents what Jacob Astor meant when he said, “The first hundred thousand dollars are the most difficult.” It is the… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress of Charles… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, isone of the most perilous and arduous specialisations of the imagination. On the one handthere is the hostility of God… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution. — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin. — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“The adventurer, by minimum definition, is an individualist. The life of adventure is an unsocial game; therefore in direct contrast with the married, supported… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“Like most people of his temperament, though sociable, he (Napolean) disliked company in which he would have to appear merely as one of the… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“Napoleon fell into the situation that is the misery of many men of action, and lost the power of enjoying things directly, by himself.… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves. — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“In politics, where everything romantic and sentimental is folly, the converse is usually considered true, and every brutality is thought sound sense” — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“The historic moment is always simple and brief: it belongs to one man and one will alone, without possibility (if it be truly ripe)… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
