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.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

I hold it true,what'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have read more

I hold it true,what'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. - In Memoriam.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.