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This book fills a much-needed gap.
This book fills a much-needed gap.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself read more
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.
Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
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.
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen read more
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
