Edith Sitwell

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ”

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention. ”

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. ”

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art. ”

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ”

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. ”

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. ”

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. ”

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ”