Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God…

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I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the...

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the...