Henry Taylor > Quotes

“Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.”
― Henry Taylor, The Statesman

“A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret,”
― Henry Taylor

“An imaginative man is apt to see, in his life, the story of his life; and is thereby led to conduct himself in life in such a manner as to make a good story of it rather than a good life.”
― Henry Taylor

“Imagined air unweaves
our losses and dissolves
ourselves into ourselves,
scatters us into leaves,
and you and I become
whatever words we may
have come so far to say.

— Henry Taylor, from “Learning the Language,” The Flying Change: Poems (Louisiana State University Press, 1985)”
― Henry Taylor

“A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret.”
― Henry Taylor

“It has been said of compliments, that men are most flattered by having the merits attributed to them which they least possess; but as it is only by liars that such compliments can be proffered, so it is only with fools that they can find a favourable acceptation.”
― Henry Taylor, The Statesman