Quotes about literature
literature individualism spite
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. George Eliot
literature freedom-of-the-press presses
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. Ferdinand Mount
literature johnson
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson) Tobias Smollett
literature privilege doe
It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us. James Russell Lowell
literature world born
Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
literature lasts should
[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own.
literature asks pens
But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. Laurence Sterne
literature patient wonderful
I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful. Nigella Lawson
literature moral architecture
The higher the building the lower the morals. Noel Coward
literature giants looks
Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills. Miguel de Cervantes
literature advantage servant
One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
literature bearable knows
We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable. Neil Gaiman
literature disease firsts
Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.
literature speech needs
Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed John Steinbeck
literature way piety
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect. Friedrich Durrenmatt
literature throat
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
literature doe mourn
Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
literature coincidence worst
The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
literature truth-is delusion
Truth is always a delusion.
literature world facts
News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.
literature majority doe
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich Schiller
literature century creatures
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
literature converting opposition
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
literature goodness natural
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
literature way shelley
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. Lord Byron
literature merit findings
Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
literature stories short-story
The short story is the literature of the nomad. John Cheever
literature individual bankruptcy
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life. Marilyn vos Savant
literature able scene
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
literature appearance function
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
literature serious crime
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
literature language spoken-english
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
literature able way
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.