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Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.
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.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.
We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he read more
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd;And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! - Destruction of Sennacherib, The.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
