Quote by Marilyn Butler
English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action. – Marilyn Butler

Other quotes by Marilyn Butler
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Books
category

When a new book is published, read an old one. – Samuel Rogers

Category:
Books

Never judge a book by its movie. – J.W. Eagan

Category:
Books

A blessed companion is a book, — a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,… a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. – Douglas Jerrold

Category:
Books

A dirty book is rarely dusty. – Author unknown

Category:
Books

Random Quotes

Not fact-finding, but attainment to philosophy is the aim of science. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Science

People on death row, the treatment of animals, womens right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world! – Eddie Vedder

Category:
Death

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but its not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. Were not free – if we were, wed allow people their freedom. – Jesse Ventura

Category:
Freedom

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

Category:
Love