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James Branch Cabell [1879-1958] American

Rank: 104
Novelist, Author

James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare."
Although escapist, Cabell's works are ironic and satirical. H. L.

Patriotism, Poetry, Religion

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While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.		101
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.		102
Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?		103
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.	Poetry	104
Patriotism is the religion of hell.	Patriotism, Religion	105
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.		106
People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.		107
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.		108
No lady is ever a gentleman.		109

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