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Famous Mark Van Doren Quotes
“Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.”
Source: Collected Poems, 1922-1938
Source: Morning worship: and other poems
Source: The essays of Mark Van Doren (1924-1972)
“The literature of the world has exerted its power by being translated.”
“Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.”
Source: Joy of being serious: address presented at the New Year convocation for students, University of Illinois
Source: Man's right to knowledge and the free use thereof
“If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.”
Source: Autobiography
“Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.”
Source: The Happy Critic and Other Essays