Quote #392
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
Quote #9783
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the...
Quote #15358
The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its...
Quote #11017
No one’s death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to...
Quote #8465
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Quote #15235
Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.
Quote #21473
Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.
Quote #19387
High thoughts must have high language.
Quote #13045
It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Quote #7332
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle...