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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of a man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national read more
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.
