Journalism is literature in a hurry.
MATTHEW ARNOLDWeep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself.
More Matthew Arnold Quotes
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They… who await. No gifts from Chance, have conquered Fate.
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The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head.
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I do not believe today everything I believed yesterday I wonder will I believe tomorrow everything I believe today.
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And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is well — but ’tis not true!
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Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.
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Force and right are the governors of this world; force till right is ready.
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With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish ’twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern.
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For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.
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France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.
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Yes! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone.
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Not deep the poet sees, but wide.
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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
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Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.
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It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.
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Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life.
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