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The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and inte

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

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