“Life proceeds amid an incessant network of signals.”
Quote by George Steiner
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George Steiner
George Steiner is an esteemed literary critic, born on April 23, 1929. His work spans a wide range of literary fields, including novels, poetry, drama, and philosophy. more
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“Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.”
Source: Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters, Domestick and Foreign. Divided into four books, Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions
“A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.”
“He can hardly be a true friend to another, who is an enemy to himself.”
Source: Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)
“All decisions are made on insufficient evidence.”
Source: In Her Day
“One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.”
“The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.”
Source: Letter from America, 1946-2004