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That blessed word Mesopotamia.
That blessed word Mesopotamia.
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.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order read more
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding read more
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
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.
