“The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?” IfsEndsHappensLiteratureIndividualStylePersonalityHabitLoversCloudsChecksBeing TrueStreamsProtestPerpetualQuotationsIndulgeSpontaneityIndulge InInsidiousGood Literature Book:Streaks of life Source: Streaks of life
“The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object loved; so that he passes a wrong judgment on what is just, good and beautiful, thinking that he ought always to honor what belongs to himself in preference to truth. For he who intends to be a great man ought to love neither himself nor his own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by himself, or by another.” ThinkingMenSelfDoneHappensBeautifulCausesObjectsOughtSelf LoveLoversHonorJudgmentCommittedAriseGreat MenPreferenceBlindedBlunders Author:Plato
“Lovers and even some family members may come and go but the friendships that take root abide. Sometimes the best of what is true survives as if it had an independent will: The coals of friendship keep themselves alive until something happens to rekindle them.” IfsMaySometimesHappensFriendshipAliveLoversMembersRootsIndependentThings HappenCoalComes And GoesFamily Members Author:Joan Frank