Van Wyck Brooks Quote

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.


Makers and Finders: The flowering of New England (ed. 1952)


Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.