11 Quotes & Sayings By James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell, often referred to simply as J.B., was an American author of fantasy and satire, whom many consider to be the greatest prose satirist in our language. His works, which include The Silver Stallion, Jurgen, The Prophet of Berkeley Square, and The Last Gentleman, are filled with biting humor and bitter sarcasm.

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No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them. James Branch Cabell
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I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life. James Branch Cabell
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Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily prove wrong James Branch Cabell
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That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you....a subtle and immortal spirit. James Branch Cabell
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...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates. James Branch Cabell
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Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic James Branch Cabell
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Alcohol played the midwife James Branch Cabell
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The optimist claims we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell
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There is no memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. James Branch Cabell
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Patriotism is the religion of hell. James Branch Cabell