“I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than sil...” — W. H. Davies Quote

“I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.”

“Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.”

“Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.”

“I'm quite a shy person, and I dislike narcissism intensely.”

“I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.”

“Hate is more lasting than dislike.”