The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal…

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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...