Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

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.

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.

If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of read more

If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. - Bhagavad Gita.

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious read more

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body.

I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should
stand by itself, of itself, and for read more

I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should
stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.