Quotes by occupation

Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “The foundation of empire is art and…”

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C. S. Forester

C. S. Forester quote: “The fools ran after me and I…”

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: “The formula ‘Two and two make five’…”

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Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “The fool who persists in his folly…”

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Anatole France

Anatole France quote: “The fool doth think he is wise…”

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman quote: “The fleet sailed to its war base…”

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges quote: “The flattery of posterity is not worth…”

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens quote: “The first rule of business is: Do…”

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George Gissing

George Gissing quote: “The first time I read an excellent…”

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Barry Commoner

Barry Commoner quote: “The first law of ecology is that…”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster quote: “The final test for a novel will…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The first duty of man is to…”

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Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert quote: “The faster the word sticks to the…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself…”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster quote: “The fact is we can only love…”

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges quote: “The Falklands thing was a fight between…”

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Poet quotes

William Blake quote: “The eye altering, alters all…”

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges quote: “The fact is that all writers create…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The eye sees what it brings the…”

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E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster quote: “The English countryside, its growth and its…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “The equation of religion with belief is…”

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Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee quote: “The extinction of race consciousness as between…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The end of man is action, and…”

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon quote: “The end comes when we no longer…”

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Novelist quotes

William Faulkner quote: “The end of wisdom is to dream…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Butler quote: “The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “The ear tends to be lazy, craves…”

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Poet quotes

William Cowper quote: “The earth was made so various, that…”

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Philosopher quotes

Thomas Carlyle quote: “The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The…”

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Animal & pet quotes

William Cowper quote: “The dogs did bark, the children screamed…”

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