It is impossible for human beings, constituted as they are, both to fight and to have ideals. Auteur: Virginia Woolf Copy Quote More from Virginia Woolf “She was a fly, but the others were dragonflies, butterflies, beautiful insects,…” “This late age of the world’s experience had bred in them all, all men and women…” “They came to her, naturally, since she was a woman, all day long with this and …” “To communicate is our chief business; society and friendship our chief delights…”