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C. L. R. James Quotes: "Poetry is something to make us wiser and better by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth which God has set in all men's souls."

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth which God has set in all men's souls.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "We must grant the artist his subject his idea his donnee: Our criticisms apply only to what he makes of it."

We must grant the artist his subject his idea his donnee: Our criticisms apply only to what he makes of it.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The artist like the God of the creation remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork invisible refined out of existence indifferent paring his fingernails."

The artist like the God of the creation remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork invisible refined out of existence indifferent paring his fingernails.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "O it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock."

O it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I'm sixty-five but if there were fifteen months in every year I'd only be forty-eight."

I'm sixty-five but if there were fifteen months in every year I'd only be forty-eight.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You have to be eligible for luck to strike and I think that's a matter of education and preparation and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at."

You have to be eligible for luck to strike and I think that's a matter of education and preparation and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual."

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You are never giving nor can you ever give enough service."

You are never giving nor can you ever give enough service.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The Middle East is a region where oil is thicker than blood."

The Middle East is a region where oil is thicker than blood.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "A company is judged by the president it keeps."

A company is judged by the president it keeps.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change of perpetual flux."

The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change of perpetual flux.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "O visionary world condition strange Where naught abiding is but only change."

O visionary world condition strange Where naught abiding is but only change.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The time is ripe and rotten-ripe for change then let it come."

The time is ripe and rotten-ripe for change then let it come.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one."

You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Let us be of good cheer remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen."

Let us be of good cheer remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Poverty is uncomfortable as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself."

Poverty is uncomfortable as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof it is a temporary expedient often wise in party politics almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."

Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof it is a temporary expedient often wise in party politics almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "One thought driven home is better than three left on base."

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "He was one of those men whose constitutional inability to make small talk forfeits all one's sympathy and makes one think that social grace is sometimes a moral duty."

He was one of those men whose constitutional inability to make small talk forfeits all one's sympathy and makes one think that social grace is sometimes a moral duty.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The truth will set you free but first it will make you miserable."

The truth will set you free but first it will make you miserable.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Let us not look back in anger nor forward in fear but around us in awareness."

Let us not look back in anger nor forward in fear but around us in awareness.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Greatness in the last analysis is largely bravery-courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards."

Greatness in the last analysis is largely bravery-courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "No great thing conies to any man unless he has courage."

No great thing conies to any man unless he has courage.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You will never do anything in this world without courage."

You will never do anything in this world without courage.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "One of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something."

One of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children."

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion."

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap nature immediately comes up with a better mouse."

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "In creating the only hard thing's to begin A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak."

In creating the only hard thing's to begin A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Nature they say doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote."

Nature they say doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Two and two continue to make four in spite of the whine of the amateur for three or the cry of the critic for five."

Two and two continue to make four in spite of the whine of the amateur for three or the cry of the critic for five.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Nature fits all her children with something to do He who would write and can't write can surely review."

Nature fits all her children with something to do He who would write and can't write can surely review.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!"

Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You are the one who must choose your place."

You are the one who must choose your place.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light."

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences."

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet ring Who bides his time."

And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet ring Who bides his time.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near."

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy."

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "It's a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but I think you'll be amused by its presumption."

It's a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Education today more than ever before must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living."

Education today more than ever before must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves Britains never will be slaves."

Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves Britains never will be slaves.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine it may be superficial but it isn't fake."

No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine it may be superficial but it isn't fake.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead."

Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain therefore to treat them as if they were equal."

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain therefore to treat them as if they were equal.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them."

Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand but you play it."

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand but you play it.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one."

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one.