The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

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

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

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

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

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

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its read more

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

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

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

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

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.

Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may read more

Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. - Paradise Lost.