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Eric Bentley Quotes: Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.
         

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.


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Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.

Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.



If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.



Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.



Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes.

Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes.



A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.



Fashion which elevates the bad to the level of the good subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.

Fashion which elevates the bad to the level of the good subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.



Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.





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