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Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.
Literature is the immortality of speech.
Literature is the immortality of speech.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
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.
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.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
