Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.

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Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of 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.

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

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...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

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

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...

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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

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

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...