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“More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.”

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Book:Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02

Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02

“I am not sure, once a poet has found out what has been written already, and how it was written - once, in short, he has learnt his trade - that he should bother with literature at all. Poetry is not like surgery, a technique that can be copied. Every operation the poet performs is unique, and need never be done again.”

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Author:Philip Larkin

“Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.”

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Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.”

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Author:Mario Vargas Llosa

“Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.”

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Author:E. W. Howe

“Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.”

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Author:Elbert Hubbard

“The word generalization in literature usually means covering too much territory too thinly to be persuasive, let alone convincing. In science, however, a generalization means a principle that has been found to hold true in every special case.... The principle of leverage is a scientific generalization.”

Mean Has Beens Found Literature Principles Cases Too Much Special Territory Convincing Covering Persuasive Generalization

Book:Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

Source: Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

“Ideas are interesting to me, and religions are a place where ideas have been very subtly embodied for thousands of years. All literature started as sacred literature.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have been detective stories until there were democracies, because the very foundation of the detective story is the thesis that if you're guilty you'll get it in the neck and if you're innocent you can't possibly be harmed. No matter who you are.”

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Author:Rex Stout