A Quote by Rose Macaulay

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Rose Macaulay

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Cannot Distressing House Life Worst

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Rose Macaulay
English - Writer
August 1, 1881 - October 30, 1958

I think it was Rose Macaulay who said, "A house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived."

Maggie O'Farrell

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Maya Angelou

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

Carl Jung

The unlived life is not worth examining.

Old Tom Morris

Destructiveness is the outcome of an unlived life.

Erich Fromm

I will not die an unlived life.

Dawna Markova

The unlived life isn't worth examining.

Sheldon B. Kopp

A poor man cannot rival the rich in luxury of life, but he can in luxury of knowledge. He cannot furnish his house as the wealthy can, but he can furnish his head. He cannot found a house of note, but he may found a mind of mark. Though some kingdoms may be adorned or afflicted with kings, learning has always been a republic, where all are equal who know.

George Holyoake

There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing.

Ridley Scott

Guilt results from unused life, from the unlived in us.

Ernest Becker

A promise unkept will take a man's mind.

Claire Vaye Watkins

One of the uses of poetry - one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances, ... or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night.

E. Nesbit

The idea of putting old Browborough into prison for conduct which habit had made second nature to a large proportion of the House was distressing to Members of Parliament generally.

Anthony Trollope

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Carl Jung

One of the worst things about ageing is the waning of your physical powers. I live in a house with 64 stairs, and I cannot run up and down them any more; my knee has conked out.