Quote by Louis Aragon
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledg

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style. – Louis Aragon

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Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. – Louis Aragon

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Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense? – Louis Aragon

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The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid. – W. H. Auden

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Be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. – Bible

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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends forehead. – Chinese Proverb

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