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Literature Quotes: "We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same."

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.



Literature Quotes: "The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears."

The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears.




Literature Quotes: "Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can."

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.



Literature Quotes: "A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out."

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.




Literature Quotes: "The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant."

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.



Literature Quotes: "He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent."

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.



Literature Quotes: "Action and reaction are equal and opposite."

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.




Literature Quotes: "Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person"

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person



Literature Quotes: "When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human."

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.



Literature Quotes: "There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it."

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.



Literature Quotes: "And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.



Literature Quotes: "When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all."

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.




Literature Quotes: "Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood."

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.



Literature Quotes: "I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers."

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.



Literature Quotes: "An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch."

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.



Literature Quotes: "The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style."

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.



Literature Quotes: "One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.



Literature Quotes: "Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy."

Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy.



Literature Quotes: "The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles."

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.



Literature Quotes: "I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody."

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.



Literature Quotes: "Bad literature is a form of treason."

Bad literature is a form of treason.



Literature Quotes: "I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it."

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.



Literature Quotes: "A woman's health is her capital."

A woman's health is her capital.



Literature Quotes: "Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction."

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.



Literature Quotes: "Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world."

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.



Literature Quotes: "I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful."

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.



Literature Quotes: "Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."

Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.



Literature Quotes: "The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.



Literature Quotes: "Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct."

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.



Literature Quotes: "It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so."

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.



Literature Quotes: "What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow."

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.



Literature Quotes: "The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society"

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society



Literature Quotes: "All great art and literature is propaganda."

All great art and literature is propaganda.



Literature Quotes: "Cynicism is intellectual treason."

Cynicism is intellectual treason.



Literature Quotes: "How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy? Nobel laureate in literature."

How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy? Nobel laureate in literature.



Literature Quotes: "It is often safer to be in chains than to be free."

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.



Literature Quotes: "I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature."

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.



Literature Quotes: "Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period."

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.



Literature Quotes: "Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel."

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.



Literature Quotes: "Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late...?"

Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late...?



Literature Quotes: "Where would fashion be without literature?"

Where would fashion be without literature?



Literature Quotes: "Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous."

Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous.



Literature Quotes: "How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?"

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?



Literature Quotes: "Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency."

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.



Literature Quotes: "My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals."

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.



Literature Quotes: "You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC."

You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC.



Literature Quotes: "In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring."

In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring.



Literature Quotes: "A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal characteristics.'"

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal characteristics.'



Literature Quotes: "Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on."

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.