Quotes

10 Great Quotes from Samuel Johnson

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What follows are ten of the wittiest and most interesting quotes (or, if you prefer, quotations) by the great Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Also known as Dr Johnson, he has often been praised for his wit and wisdom (and outspokenness) on all manner of subjects. He wrote only one novel, Rasselas (which he wrote rapidly to pay for … Read more

10 Great Quotes from Oscar Wilde

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Perhaps ‘Oscar Wilde’ and ‘quotes’ is a marriage made in literary heaven. He is eminently quotable, which has made choosing Oscar Wilde’s ten best quotes that much more difficult. Difficult, but fun. After looking through the literary library here at Interesting Literature we can now bring you our ten favourite Wildean one-liners! I am so clever that … Read more

10 Great Quotes about Poetry for National Poetry Day

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For National Poetry Day 2014, here are our ten favourite quotes from writers, artists, and thinkers about poetry. If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. – Emily Dickinson The first man to compare the cheeks of a young … Read more

10 Great Quotes from T. S. Eliot on His Birthday

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T. S. Eliot could be as witty as Wilde and as thought-provoking as Einstein with his one-liners, and so here are some choice quotes from this leading twentieth-century poet and all-round literary giant. Eliot’s life was a fascinating one: he was born on 26 September 1888 in Missouri, studied at Harvard, then transferred to Oxford, … Read more

10 Great Quotes for International Literacy Day

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Today is International Literacy Day! What better time, then, to celebrate some of the wisest, wittiest, pithiest, silliest, and most profound things that writers have ever said about literature and reading? The following are 10 of our personal favourites from the last 21 months of Interesting Literature. These quotes (sorry, we should say quotations, we suppose, as it’s International Literacy Day) cover many aspects of reading from very different writers.

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