Brander Matthews Quotes
- A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.
- There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters of…
- The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house is…
- Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.
- To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.
- A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.