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    Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

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We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

by Sydney Smith Found in: Literature Quotes,
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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

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Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, read more

Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, The.

by Virgil Found in: Literature Quotes,
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English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in read more

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.

by Marilyn Butler Found in: Literature Quotes,
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All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain
called "Huckleberry Finn."

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain
called "Huckleberry Finn."

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

by Jeremy Bentham Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

by Smith & Jones Found in: Literature Quotes,
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The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive read more

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

by Stephen Leacock Found in: Literature Quotes,
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