Literary Quotes


The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost Literary 133
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen Literary 117
Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers Victor Hugo Literary 109
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew Literary 106
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods;They kill us for their sport. William Shakespeare Literary 106
It was a pleasant caf Ernest Hemingway Literary 101
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. John Morley Literary 93
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,By each let this be heard,Some do it with a bitter look,Some with a flattering word,The coward does it with a kiss,The brave man with a sword! Oscar Wilde Literary 89
Accuse not nature, she hath done her part;Do thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest. John Milton Literary 84
If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. Hindu Spiritual Literary 82
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress. Henry Fielding Literary 79
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. Virgil Literary 77
This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper. TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot Literary 74
If death has taught me anything, it's to keep an open mind. May Elizabeth Trump Literary 69
Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor! Virgil Literary 65
Nothing but blackness aboveAnd nothing that moves but the cars...God, if you wish for our love,Fling us a handful of stars! Louis Untermeyer Literary 57
Literature is news that STAYS news. Ezra Pound Literary 57
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. Charles Baudelaire Literary 56
Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety: other women cloyThe appetites they feed, but she makes hungryWhere most she satisfies. William Shakespeare Literary 55
Literary studies were no more than a series of autopsies performed by heartless technicians. Worse than autopsies: biopsies. Vivisection. Even movies, which I love more than anything, more than life itself, they even do it with movies these days. Stephen Fry Literary 54
Avarice, envy, pride,Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of allOn Fire. Dante Alighieri Literary 52
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike Harold Bloom Literary 41
The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! William Wordsworth Literary 38

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