Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.

Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.

For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather read more

There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.

Poetry is life distilled.

Poetry is life distilled.