Sunday 10 August 2014

THOUGHTS AND QUOTATIONS FROM G MADAN'S JOURNAL




Geoffrey Madan (1895-1947) led a life overtly charmed yet subtly blighted. The son of Falconer Madan, Bodley's Librarian and a fellow of Brasenose, ...


 
GEOFFREY MADAN'S JOURNAL - Excerpts


Who loves, will not be adored.



The sleep of friendship is its death.
                         Richard Duppa (1829)




Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don’t dine.
                         Henry James, The Given Case



Roman Catholics claim to be infallible; Anglicans to be always right.
                        Steele


Love is respectful and timorous.
                        Dr. Johnson

 

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