Gérard de Nerval Quotes

“Illusions fall away one after another like the husks of a fruit, and that fruit is experience. It is bitter to the taste, but there is fortitude to be found in gall – forgive me my old-fashioned turns of phrase.”

“Illusions fall away one after another like the husks of a fruit, and that fruit is experience. It is bitter to the taste, but there is fortitude to be found in gall – forgive me my old-fashioned turns of phrase.”

“Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.”

“The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.”

“No pain no palm no thorns no throne no gall no glory no cross no crown.”

“No pain no palm no thorns no throne no gall no glory no cross no crown.”

“Nobody likes having a problem, but having a convoluted, bureaucratic one is even more galling.”

“And what has been so awful in your life that you have to write about it?” Mrs Lincoln, a definite gall bladder, persevered.”

“Every woman is as bitter as gall. But she has two good moments: one in bed, the other at her death.”

“And his father has the gall to think I’d seduce a kid who uses Clearasil instead of aftershave!”

“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”