With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,And third-rate conversation without one single pause:Just like a young coupleBetween the wars. -William Plomer

 

With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,And third-rate conversation without one single pause:Just like a young coupleBetween the wars.


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This quote is just one of 6 total William Plomer quotes in our collection. William Plomer is known for saying 'With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,And third-rate conversation without one single pause:Just like a young coupleBetween the wars.' as well as some of the following quotes.

When her guests were awash with champagne and with gin,She was recklessly sober, as sharp as a pin.An abstemious man would reel at her look,As she rolled a bright eye and praised his last book.

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It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected.

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With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,And third-rate conversation without one single pause:Just like a young coupleBetween the wars. -William Plomer
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On a sofa upholstered in panther skinMona did researches in original sin.

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Patriotism is the last refuge of the sculptor.

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It is the function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new forms -- the power to connect the seemingly unconnected. -William Plomer
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