A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day read more

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge o flow 40 percent of the hours they spent read more

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge o flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low achievers, studying produced flow only 16 percent of the time; more often that not, it yielded anxiety, with the demands outreaching their abilities.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
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. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
amongst men of the world.