Virginia Woolf Quotes on age

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour.. view

By: Virginia Woolf

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It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us.. view

By: Virginia Woolf

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Language is wine upon the lips... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?.. view

By: Virginia Woolf

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It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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Nulle passion n'est plus forte dans le cœur de l'homme que le désir de faire partager sa foi... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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Nos médiocres vies sans beauté ne se recouvrent de splendeur, ne s'enrichissent d'un sens que sous l'éclairage de l'amour... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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Les femmes ont pendant des siècles servi aux hommes de miroirs, elles possédaient le pouvoir magique et délicieux de réfléchir une image de l'homme deux fois plus grande que nature... view

By: Virginia Woolf

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