Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jenny Joseph

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Jenny Joseph.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Jenny Joseph

Jenny Joseph was an English poet, best known for the poem "Warning".

I can't stand purple. It doesn't suit me. — © Jenny Joseph
I can't stand purple. It doesn't suit me.
The craziest, most selfish act is to commit suicide. When you kill yourself, you kill others.
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
When I am old, I shall wear purple.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.
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