Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by James Branch Cabell (American Author of Fantasy Fiction)

James Branch Cabell (1879–1958) was 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.”

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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell

Art (literature) is not a branch of pedagogy.
James Branch Cabell
Topics: Writing

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
James Branch Cabell
Topics: Satisfaction, Risk, Memory, Memories

Patriotism is the religion of hell
James Branch Cabell
Topics: Patriotism

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