“[On collectors of quotations:] How far our literature may in future suffer from these blighting swarms, will best be conceived by a glance at what they have already withered and blasted of the favourite productions of our most popular poets.” MaySufferingLiteraturePoetProductionsFavouriteQuotationsGlancesCollectorsWitheredSwarms Author:Maria Edgeworth
“The fine gifts of temperament and imagination which are essential to the production of true poetry are often accompanied by morbid sensibility. The soul capable of ecstasy and transport must pay its price in suffering; he who walks upon the heights must sometimes grovel in the dust.” SoulSometimesSufferingImaginationWalksPayPoetFineEssentialsCapableProductionsDustHeightEcstasySensibilityTemperamentTransportMorbid Author:Myrtle Reed
“Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.” MenWorldTalentPoetCriticsProductionsDelightHistorianGreat Talent Book:Don Quixote Source: Don Quixote
“Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of them. "How far our literature may in future suffer from these blighting swarms, will best be conceived by a glance at what they have already withered and blasted of the favourite productions of our most popular poets." Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden, scissored, patched, and frayed.” MaySufferingLiteraturePoetProductionsImmortalFavouriteGlancesRuinedMiltonWitheredSwarmsQuotingVandals Book:Quotology Source: Quotology