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literature moderns speak
Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry. Lord Chesterfield
literature faces mysterious
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. Arthur Conan Doyle
literature consolation ifs
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it. Carl Sandburg
literature architecture masters
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. Bryant H. McGill
literature appreciated rudeness
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
literature rich resources
Few nations match our rich resource of literature. Charles Clarke
literature dresses solicitude
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. Jane Austen
literature incapability university
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability. Anton Chekhov
literature proportion interpretation
Paradoxically, the simpler poetry is, the more difficult it becomes for a critic to discuss intelligently. Trained to explicate, the critic often loses the ability to evaluate literature outside the critical act. A work is good only in proportion to the richness and complexity of interpretations it provokes. Dana Gioia
innocence gullibility credulity
credulity is the sister of innocence ... Fanny Burney
innocence accustomed
Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.] Moliere