"It is in the blood of genius to……" — Gelett Burgess
"It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game's the thing."
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28 Quotes by Gelett Burgess
Gelett Burgess has 28 quotes on this site.
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To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
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Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the…
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There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum…
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Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.
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Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.
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When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look…
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A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.
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Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.
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Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason
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Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.
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The old say, "I remember when." The young say, "What's the news?"
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Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt…
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
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The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion…
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In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and…
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron…
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
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I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a…
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