WIST Quotations

Baring, Maurice -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom He gives it.

Maurice Baring (1874-1945) English man of letters, writer, essayist, translator
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Quoted by Dorothy Parker in "The Art of Fiction," interview by Marion Capron, The Paris Review #13 (Summer 1956) (reprinted in The Portable Dorothy Parker (1944)). Not found in Baring's writings. The quotation is often attributed to Parker, especially in simpler forms, e.g., "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."

Baring, Maurice -- Have You Anything to Declare? (1936)

Dave — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:57:25 +0000

I have always thought that all the theories of what a good play is, or how a good play should be written, are futile. A good play is a play which, when acted upon the boards, makes an audience interested and pleased. A play that fails in this is a bad play.

Maurice Baring (1874-1945) English man of letters, writer, essayist, translator
Have You Anything to Declare? (1936)
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Baring, Maurice -- The Coat Without Seam, ch. 8 [Countess Felsen] (1929)

Dave — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:51:30 +0000

Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.

Maurice Baring (1874-1945) English man of letters, writer, essayist, translator
The Coat Without Seam, ch. 8 [Countess Felsen] (1929)
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Baring, Maurice -- The Puppet Show of Memory, ch. 5 “School” (1922)

Dave — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:19:17 +0000

[T]here is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious, and you do not play them to enjoy yourself.

Maurice Baring (1874-1945) English man of letters, writer, essayist, translator
The Puppet Show of Memory, ch. 5 “School” (1922)
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