Quote by Roland Barthes
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. – Roland Barthes

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Sit bona librorum copia. – Horace (There are plenty of good books. Let me have a good supply of books.)

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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. – Elbert Hubbard

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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. – Henry Ward Beecher

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The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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No God, no peace. Know God, know peace. – Author Unknown

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It is no use saying, We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. – Winston Churchill

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The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase womens representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians. – Lucy Powell

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My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family. – Stevie Wonder

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