241 Quotes by Robert Graves

Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

The old lady told me that all the girls in the village of Annezin prayed every night for the War to end, and for the English to go away - as soon as their money was spent. And that the clause about the money was always repeated in case God should miss it.

A well-chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.

So when I'm killed, don't wait for me, Walking the dim corridor; In Heaven or Hell, don't wait for me, Or you must wait for evermore. You'll find me buried, living-dead In these verses that you've read.