
“By all means use sometimes to be alone.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
A slight misquotation of George Herbert "The Church Porch", line 145: "By all means use sometimes to be alone", in The Temple (1633).
Misattributed
“By all means use sometimes to be alone.”
The Temple (1633), The Church Porch
Source: Letter to Arthur Balfour after the Conservative defeat in the general election (10 April 1880), quoted in Salisbury–Balfour Correspondence, ed. Robin Harcourt Williams (1988), p. 40
“Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.”
Source: When Demons Walk
“Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone,
But as the meaning of all things that are.”
Heart's Compass.
The House of Life (1870—1881)
“All advertising advertises advertising – no ad has its meaning alone.”
Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 145
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