Quotes by James Branch Cabell

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
– James Branch Cabell
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
– James Branch Cabell
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
– James Branch Cabell
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
– James Branch Cabell
Patriotism is the religion of hell.
– James Branch Cabell