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Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age.
A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticized for us!
In Art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.
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Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.
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