After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

The walls are the publishers of the poor.

The walls are the publishers of the poor.

There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather read more

There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature

Learning why one great book is just like every other great book is the key to understanding literature

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read.