Joyce Cary Quotes

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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

Joyce Cary

Forgiveness, Forgiving, Genius

Joyce Cary (1958). “First trilogy: Herself surprised: To be a pilgrim. The horse's mouth”

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The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

Joyce Cary

Joy, Brave, Life Is Hard

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The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

Joyce Cary

Inspirational, Education, Teacher

Joyce Cary (1961). “Art and reality: ways of the creative process”

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It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

Joyce Cary

Knowledge, Men, Political

Joyce Cary (1961). “Art and reality: ways of the creative process”

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Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

Joyce Cary

Reality, House, Littles

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To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

Joyce Cary

Heart, Forgiving, Genius

Joyce Cary (1958). “First trilogy: Herself surprised: To be a pilgrim. The horse's mouth”

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The concept, the label, is perpetually hiding from us all the nature of the real.

Joyce Cary

Real, Knowing Who You Are, Labels

Joyce Cary (1961). “Art and reality: ways of the creative process”

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A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

Joyce Cary

Creativity, Conceited, Men

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A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Joyce Cary

Writing, Emotional, Crafts

Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

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When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.

Joyce Cary

Teaching, Ideas, Justice

Joyce Cary (1957). “THE HORSE'S MOUTH”

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I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

Joyce Cary

Life, Giving, Inspire

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Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

Joyce Cary

Generations, Unbearable, Injustice

Joyce Cary (1985). “Triptych”, Penguin Classics

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People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

Joyce Cary

Eye, People, Bird

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Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends. Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations.

Joyce Cary

Lying, Block, Night

Joyce Cary (1957). “THE HORSE'S MOUTH”

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Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Joyce Cary

Love, Valentines Day, Eden

Joyce Cary (1958). “First trilogy: Herself surprised: To be a pilgrim. The horse's mouth”

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The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer

Joyce Cary

Car, Purpose, Objects

Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

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I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

Joyce Cary

Book, Writing, Emotional

Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

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No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

Joyce Cary

People, World, Problem

Joyce Cary (1985). “Except the Lord”, p.30, New Directions Publishing

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For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

Joyce Cary

Art, Hard Work, Essentials

Joyce Cary (1961). “Art and reality: ways of the creative process”

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All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

Joyce Cary

Art, Painting, Modern

Joyce Cary (1985). “Triptych”, Penguin Classics

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Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

Joyce Cary

Wise, Men, Sea

Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

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A foul-mouthed oaf, a drunken laborer lying in a drain, a beaten wife with blackened eyes and torn clothes, cannot be made romantic to a child who sees how other children suffer from bad-tempered parents, from drunken fathers to termagant mothers.

Joyce Cary

Mother, Children, Father

Joyce Cary (1953). “Except the Lord: A Novel”, New York : Harper

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The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far from doing us children harm, it was a sure foundation to the world of our confidence, a master girder in our palace of delight.

Joyce Cary

Children, Teaching, Punishment

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A world in everlasting conflict between the new idea and the old allegiances, new arts and new inventions against the old establishment.

Joyce Cary

Art, Ideas, World

Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

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What I say to an artist is, 'When you can't paint - paint.

Joyce Cary

Artist, Frustration, Paint

Joyce Cary (1985). “Triptych”, Penguin Classics

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Born: December 7, 1888
Died: March 29, 1957
Occupation: Novelist
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