More from Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners (1821-1822)
- If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.
- No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
- All that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.
- Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
- Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone — but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
- Grace has been defined the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
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