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Updated: 2026-07-26
“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.” —Leo Tolstoy
“How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.” ― Philip Larkin
“No other English poet had touched me quite so closely as Wordsworth. All cultivated men delight in Shakespeare; he is the universal genius; but Wordsworth’s poetry has more the ch…
“Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.” —La Rochefoucauld
"Culture is a kind of mass hallucination, designed for middle-aged people. Because culture works best for them, you know, when you're less than middle-aged you're trying to figure …
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“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think tha…
“This simple observation has nothing to do with cultural pessimism – nor with any optimism either, of course; for the darkening of the world, the flight of the gods, the destructio…
“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new lit…
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