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> [“Why, it seemed to me I had lost the most of myself; and there was left only a brain which played with ideas, and a body that went delicately down pleasant ways. And I could not believe as my fellows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/why-it-seemed-to-me-i-had-lost-the-most-of-myself-and-there-was-left/)

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## More by James Branch Cabell

> [American literature was enriched with Men Who Loved Allison … Of the actual and eventual worth of this romance I cannot pretend to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/american-literature-was-enriched-with-men-who-loved-allison-of-the/)

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> [Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/thou-shalt-not-offend-against-the-notions-of-thy-neighbor/)

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> [Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/oh-do-the-overlords-of-life-and-death-always-provide-some-obstacle-to/)

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> [Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/creeds-matter-very-little-the-optimist-proclaims-that-we-live-in-the/)

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> [I am Manuel. I have lived in the loneliness which is common to all men, but the difference is that I have known it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/i-am-manuel-i-have-lived-in-the-loneliness-which-is-common-to-all-men/)

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> [Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/whatever-pretended-pessimists-in-search-of-notoriety-may-say-most/)

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> [“That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you…a subtle and immortal spirit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/that-moving-carcass-does-but-very-inadequately-symbolizes-you-a/)

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> [People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/people-never-want-to-be-told-anything-they-do-not-believe-already/)

[James Branch Cabell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-branch-cabell/)

> [Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/man-alone-of-animals-plays-the-ape-to-his-dreams/)

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> [I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/i-was-born-i-think-with-the-desire-to-make-beautiful-books-brave/)

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> [There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/there-are-many-of-our-so-called-captains-on-industry-who-if-the-truth/)

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> [And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer . Thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/and-one-would-worship-a-woman-whom-all-perfections-dower-but-the/)

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> [ “...\[we\] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet. \[we\]eventually dies to the honest regret of \[our\] associates.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/we-has-left-nothing-durable-to-signalize-his-stay-upon-this-planet-we/)

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> [Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/poetry-is-man-s-rebellion-against-being-what-he-is/)

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> [Here was the astounding fact: the race did go forward; the race did achieve; and in every way the race grew better. Progress through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/here-was-the-astounding-fact-the-race-did-go-forward-the-race-did/)

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