Robert Wilson Lynd
Robert Wilson Lynd
Robert Wilson Lyndwas an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 April 1879
CountryIreland
romance littles riches
It is doubtful if even experience of riches and success is as intense among those who have experienced nothing else as among those who have also experienced poverty and failure. There is little romance in wealth to those who have been born wealthy and whose families have been wealthy for generations.
keys light moments
Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.
love-is boys poet
A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.
peace military war
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
christian stars children
The last spectacle of which Christian men are likely to grow tired is a harbour. Centuries hence there may be jumping-off places for the stars, and our children's children's and so forth children may regard a ship as a creeping thing scarcely more adventurous than a worm. Meanwhile, every harbour gives us a sense of being in touch, if not with the ends of the universe, with the ends of the earth.
christmas xmas children
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.
weed flower men
On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined. He is first of all a virtue-finder, a singer of praise. He is not concerned with getting rid of dross except in so far as it hides the gold. In other words, the destructive side of criticism is purely a subsidiary affair. None of the best critics have been men of destructive minds. They are like gardeners whose business is more with the flowers than with the weeds.
women world may
This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.
stars men world
W. B. Yeats has created, if not a new world, a new star. He is not a reporter of life as it is, to the extent that Shakespeare or Browning is. One is not quite certain that his kingdom is of the green earth. He is like a man who has seen the earth not directly but in a crystal.
praise expenses customs
It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.
sports silly games
It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.
human
Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.