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Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
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.
Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.
Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.
 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. 
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.