William Shakespeare: If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human l

If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we w — William Shakespeare

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.

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A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! — William Shakespeare
Of one that lov'd not wisely but too well. — William Shakespeare
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. — William Shakespeare
To me, Shakespeare lives if we keep performing his plays. He dies, when we stop — William Shakespeare
There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with p — Anton Chekhov
The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can affor — George Bernard Shaw
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowaday — Oscar Wilde
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the pra — Michel de Montaigne
When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by b — Swami Vivekananda
Ce besoin de l’immatériel est le plus vivace de tous. Il faut du pain; mais avan — Victor Hugo
It might be easier To fail with land in sight, Than gain my blue peninsula To pe — Emily Dickinson
it will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what — Jane Austen