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    Five miles meandering with mazy motion, Through dale the sacred
    river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank
    the tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard
    from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!

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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Literature Quotes,
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A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Literature Quotes,
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We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

by Sydney Smith Found in: Literature Quotes,
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I would live to study, and not study to live.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Literature Quotes,
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This book fills a much-needed gap.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

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Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.

Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.

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You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill.

You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill.

by Hari Dass Baba Found in: Literature Quotes,
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I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp read more

I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.

by Lord Byron Found in: Literature Quotes,
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