Sir Herbert Read

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“To fight without hope is to fight with grace,
The self reconstructed, the false heart repaired.’”
—Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)

“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
—Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (1853–1917)

“Christ is my onely head,
My alone onely heart and breast,
My onely musick, striking me ev’n dead;”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

““A cat may look at a king,” said Alice. “I’ve read that in some book, but I don’t remember where.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)