Grotesques Quotes
8 quotes by 7 authors
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Natura nihil agit frustra [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputible axiom in philosophy. There are no grotesques in nature; not any thing…
— Thomas Browne
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It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.
— Mark Gatiss
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There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.
— Thomas Browne
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There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one almost enamoured of…
— Oscar Wilde
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The people in this house, I felt, and I included myself, were like characters each from a different grim and gruesome fairy tale. None of…
— Lorrie Moore
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In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as a truth. Man made the truths…
— Sherwood Anderson
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The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to itself. All who have passed…
— George Orwell
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He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really.
— Simon Callow
Who Wrote These Grotesques Quotes
7 authors contributed a total of 8 Grotesques Quotes as follows: