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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
Perish those who said our good things before we did.
Perish those who said our good things before we did.
Literature is the question minus the answer.
Literature is the question minus the answer.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
