Author: A. H. Clough
Cited by
- Hilary Mantel (1)
- IN: Every Day is Mother's Day (1985) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it.
FROM: The Latest Decalogue, (1862), Poem, UK
- Graham Greene (1)
- IN: The Quiet American (2004) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: I do not like being moved: for the will is excited; and action
Is a most dangerous thing; I tremble for something factitious,
Some malpractice of heart and illegitimate process;
We're so prone to these things, with our terrible notions of duty.
FROM: Amours de Voyage, (1849), Poem, UK
- Paul Theroux (1)
- IN: Saint Jack (1976) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Action will furnish belief -- but will that belief be the true one?
FROM: Amours de Voyage, (1862), Poem, UK