I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart. – Richard Livingstone Category: Literature
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France Category: Literature
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. – Mark Twain Category: Literature
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. – Henry David Thoreau Category: good