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Quotes by William Empson

A humanist, as I understand the term, says, This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it.
– William Empson
It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.
– William Empson
Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.
– William Empson
The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
– William Empson
You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there.
– William Empson