Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Quote by Edmund Wilson

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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

I'm going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books...

I'm going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel...

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.