Quote #11838
An artist does not fake reality–he *stylizes* it.
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We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement,...
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Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of...
Quote #31531
Yale’s greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into...
Quote #27885
Falling Doesn’t Make You a Failure, Staying Down Does.
Quote #14763
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully...
Quote #3228
Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instincts can be perceived.
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Instead of trying to build newer and bigger weapons of destruction, mankind should be...
Quote #4527
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
Quote #7900
The first condition of immortality is death.