"One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds."

-- Alfred Kazin

#Home Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation, the most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner; whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen.”

Source : Abraham Hayward (1858). “Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections”, p.391
“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.”
“Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.”
“Adulthood can do the most horrific things to the best of people.”
“The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.”

Source : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Brown, John Banks (1795). “British Theatre: Barbarossa”, p.72
“I've always felt, as a writer, that radicals are fascinating because they're relations, they have a place in the American family. They're the relatives everyone wishes would go away. They're the embarrassments to decorum and good taste.”
“Logic is one thing and commonsense another.”
“It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.”

Source : François Guizot (1846). “The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution”, p.134

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