James Stephens Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.”

“We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.”

“When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.”

“Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again.”

“A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.”

“To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision.”