Joyce Cary
Joyce Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Carywas an Irish novelist...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 December 1888
CountryIreland
grief funeral earth
Funeral expenses are the curse of the poor everywhere on earth, they are wasteful and unnecessary, they are the price of foolish ostentation and a display that is less an evidence of grief than a vulgar travesty of those pompous obsequies where no grief is.
heart forgiving genius
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.
people world problem
No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.
art painting modern
All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.
wise men sea
Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.
emotional crafts argument
A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.
unbearable generations injustice
Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.
life-is-hard joy brave
The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.
teaching ideas justice
When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.
creativity men conceited
A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man
forgiveness forgiving genius
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.