The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, read more

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their read more

They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.

There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the
literature of power. The function of the first is--to read more

There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the
literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the
function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the
second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive
understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to
the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections
of pleasure and sympathy.
- Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.