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The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
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.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
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.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.