James Cabell
James Cabell
James Branch Cabellwas an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare."...
less memory resisted temptation
There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some temptation we resisted
best fear fears optimist possible
The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds; and thepessimist fears this is true.