Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticizing. Criticism can never be a science: it is, in the first place, much too personal, and in…

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Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

People always make war when they say they love peace

People always make war when they say they love peace

I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God...

I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only...

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only...

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to have an...

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to have an...