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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 novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, read more
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, The.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have read more
We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
