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! - Aeneid, The.
Virgil
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Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon."N.B.: Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire. - Pensees d'Aout.
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
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Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Flannery O'Connor
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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
Cicero
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At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what now you feel;Achilles absent was Achilles still:Yet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid. - Iliad, The.
Homer
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As I was going up the stairI met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd stay away. - The Psychoed.
Hughes Mearns
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I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.
Lord Byron
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.
Vissarion Belinsky
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Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
George Age
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The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.
Jeremy Bentham
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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
John Ashbery
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Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.
Shel Silverstein
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The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper.
Socrates
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