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Poetry is life distilled.
Poetry is life distilled.
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, read more
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go read more
Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.
This book fills a much-needed gap.
This book fills a much-needed gap.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what read more
At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what now you feel;Achilles absent was Achilles still:Yet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid. - Iliad, The.
