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Alfred Austin Quotes (1835-1913)
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About Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.
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“All imitation is exaggeration.”
“Men preach Philosophy, women practise it.”
“Towns can be trusted to corrupt themselves.”
“The Devil is an echo
Of search unsatisfied.”
Of search unsatisfied.”
“Love and naughtiness are always in their teens.”
“Repress your antipathies, cultivate your sympathies.”
“Your logic may be good,
But dialectics never saved a soul.”
But dialectics never saved a soul.”
“Why should you,
Because the world is foolish, not be wise?”
Because the world is foolish, not be wise?”
“Whatever else he may do, a critic reveals and criticises himself.”
“'Tis a world
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.”
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.”
“[E]xclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.”
“Death is master of lord and clown.
Close the coffin and hammer it down.”
Close the coffin and hammer it down.”
“Women are more frequently charming than men, because they are less self-conscious.”
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Alfred Austin on Gardens 2 quotes
“Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.”
Alfred Austin on Charm 2 quotes
“Women are more frequently charming than men, because they are less self-conscious.”
Alfred Austin on Conscience 2 quotes
“If Man makes Conscience, then being good Is only being worldly wise, And universal brotherhood A comfortable compromise.”
Alfred Austin on Imitation
“All imitation is exaggeration.”
Alfred Austin on Criticism
“Whatever else he may do, a critic reveals and criticises himself.”
Alfred Austin on Trees
Alfred Austin on Public opinion
Alfred Austin on Tears
Alfred Austin on London
Alfred Austin on Hospitality
“Hospitality should be accidental, spontaneous, and impulsive, not pre-arranged and calculated.”
Alfred Austin on Enthusiasm
“It is always delightful to have one's feeling expressed by some one else in language of enthusiasm one might oneself be afraid to employ.”
Alfred Austin on Chance
“People who canalise their lives and prearrange their enjoyments lose much of the enchantment which attends the guiding beneficence of chance.”
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Alfred Austin on Women 2 quotes
View all 2 quotes on Women →Alfred Austin on English people
“He was an Englishman of Englishmen, of the old school of charming manners, flavoured by occasional downrightness of speech.”
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About Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.