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Usually Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Disobedience to conscience is voluntary; bad poetry, on the other hand, is usually not made on purpose.
- No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.
- The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets and critics are…
- Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.
- The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.
- We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for…
- Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even in an age…
- When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go…
- And that's why, when they want to get rid of anyone, they usually bring him down here (like they were doing with me) and say…
- This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia--in our world they usually don't…
- A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns…
- I have discovered, passionate grief does not link us with the dead but cuts us off from them. This becomes clearer and clearer. It is…
- I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
- if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.
- I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not…
- And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good…
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