Gerald Brenan quotes

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values. (Gerald Brenan)
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. View quote
Gerald Brenan
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. View quote
Gerald Brenan
In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. View quote
Gerald Brenan
We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. View quote
Gerald Brenan
Those who have money think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know it is money. View quote
Gerald Brenan
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. View quote
Gerald Brenan
Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death. View quote
Gerald Brenan
The cliche is dead poetry. View quote
Gerald Brenan
You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt. View quote
Gerald Brenan