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A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to read more
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
