True poets are those who have received from God, together with the gift of expression, the power of penetrating further than others into the things of the heart and the life. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience. – James T. Farrell
How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is! – James Payn