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    Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.

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A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

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Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.

Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.

by Anon. Found in: Literature Quotes,
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Literature Quotes,
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As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish read more

As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd stay away. - The Psychoed.

by Hughes Mearns Found in: Literature Quotes,
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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.

by Isaac D'israeli Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

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

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The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Literature Quotes,
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Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your read more

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

by Vissarion Belinsky Found in: Literature Quotes,
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