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Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.
If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
