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Quote by Clifton Fadiman
When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than yo

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. – Clifton Fadiman

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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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

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The object of literature is to make man a wiser and happier being. The poet makes us happy because he tells us how we may become so. – Charles Lanman, “Thoughts on Literature,” 1840

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