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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a read more
A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
