April Quote by Angus Wilson

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

— Angus Wilson

Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.

— Angus Wilson

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a…

— Angus Wilson

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

— Angus Wilson

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

— Angus Wilson

“...Life can't be put on paper in all its complexity.”

— Angus Wilson

“Between Margaret's fine edged art and Glady's rough simplicity, where did the greater feminine solace lie? True art, after all, is simple.”

— Angus Wilson

People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are…

— Angus Wilson

All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know…

— Angus Wilson

The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.

— Angus Wilson

The roots of art and play lie very close together.

— Angus Wilson

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as…

— Angus Wilson