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Apr 22, 2024 · Letter (8 November 1952); published in Letters of C. S. Lewis (1966), p. 247. I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltzing is a bad waltz.
May 4, 2024 · The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Cassius, Act I, scene ii. William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 ( baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
Apr 27, 2024 · Emily Elizabeth Dickinson ( December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the greatest American poets of the 19th century. Although she wrote (at latest count) 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some ...
Apr 27, 2024 · Conversation with Whitman (July 16 1888) as quoted in With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906) by Horace Traubel, Vol. II. Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations – many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too. I said: "Baseball is the hurrah game of the republic!"
Feb 6, 2024 · List of films. This is a list of films quoted (or soon to be quoted) in Wikiquote. The main section of each page includes existing articles, indicated by blue links. The second section is a list of shows, indicated by red links, that do not yet have articles, but have been requested by Wikiquote users. Due to the size of this page, the main ...
May 7, 2024 · Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law — to the strength of the spirit. Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering.
Feb 29, 2024 · Once in a lifetime, there is a motion picture that changes the history of motion pictures.... Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film about King Arthur and his knights who embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles. Written by Monty Python, directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. And now! At Last!
