Richard Le Gallienne Quotes


It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of evil with beauty, shrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the same time drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction.


Citations

Le Gallienne, Richard. Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915.

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Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Le Gallienne
  • Born: January 20, 1866
  • Died: September 15, 1947
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Author

Richard Le Gallienne was an English author and poet. The British-American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991) was his daughter by his second marriage to Danish journalist Julie Nørregaard (1863–1942).