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I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
Literature is mostly about sex and not much about having children; and life is the other way around.
Literature is mostly about sex and not much about having children; and life is the other way around.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Poetry is life distilled.
Poetry is life distilled.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While read more
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the place;The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reprove:These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please;These were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled. - Deserted Village, The.