The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

Quote by George Steiner

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We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he...

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he...

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The...

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The...

There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.

The age of the book is almost gone.

The age of the book is almost gone.

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity.

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and...

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and...

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and...

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of...

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of...

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.