Famous quotes containing the words james and/or austen:
“As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.”
—William James (18431916)
“I do not write for such dull elves
As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)