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> [O Death, the Consecrator! Nothing so sanctifies a name As to be written--Dead. Nothing so wins a life from blame, So covers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/o-death-the-consecrator-nothing-so-sanctifies-a-name-as-to-be-written/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/herman-melville-162_bed_o-death-the-consecrator-nothing-so-sanct_109591.jpg)

> [No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/no-literature-is-complete-until-the-language-it-was-written-in-is-dead/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_books_no-literature-is-complete-until-the-lang_1790574.jpg)

> [Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-z-danielewski/love-of-love-written-by-the-broken-hearted-love-of-life-written-by/)

[Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-z-danielewski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/mark-z-danielewski-2497_broken_love-of-love-written-by-the-broken-heart_1952684.png)

> [“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/how-do-you-feel-when-you-read-stuff-written-by-dead-authors-a-visit/)

[Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

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> [A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-scholar-is-like-a-book-written-in-a-dead-language-it-is-not-every/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/william-hazlitt-326_book_a-scholar-is-like-a-book-written-in-a-de_2938334.png)

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