Quote#Wisdom
Barry supported the lady, whose voice was not powerful enough for the…
Quote byJames Gibbons Huneker · 1857–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Steeplejack (1920), vol. 2, p. 157.
English (original)
Barry supported the lady, whose voice was not powerful enough for the big auditorium. I asked him how she succeeded—I was at another theatre. "Obscene but not heard," he answered.
— James Gibbons Huneker
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Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.
