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It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before read more
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.
The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, read more
The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, or disguise, all
sorts of speeches or their own composition, or that of other
authors, for their pleasure, or their utility; in such a manner
that it becomes impossible even for the author himself to
recognize his own work, his own genius, and his own style, so
skillfully shall the whole be disguised.
- Isaac D'Israeli,
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
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.
I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying read more
I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.
