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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 novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.
There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather read more
There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.
Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go read more
Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.
