I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse. — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic… — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul. — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being. — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse. — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
