“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?” Continue reading
Category Archives: Literature
Paul Dirac on Science and Poetry
“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.” Continue reading
Antoine De Saint-Exupery on Language
“Language is the source of misunderstandings.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Society
“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” Continue reading
Thomas Carlyle on Education
“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.” Continue reading
William Shakespeare on Imagination
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” Continue reading
Christopher Morley on Imagination
“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.” Continue reading
Horace on Poetry
“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.” Continue reading
Anonymous Quote
“Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.” Continue reading
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