"There is indeed no such thing in life……" — Gelett Burgess
"There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating in sparks, dream patterns, figures whimsical and figures grotesque, shifting and clad in complementary colors, to appease the indignant cups and rods of the retina."
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Gelett Burgess
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28 Quotes by Gelett Burgess
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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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It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill…
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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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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
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