Best Lafcadio Hearn Quotes
- Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that… Act
- It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature… All
- There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only… Any
- It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. Been
- A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of… Been
- Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away. Accordingly
- But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty… Apart
- The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more… Any
- As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control… Able
- Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has… Archaeologists
- The Shadow-maker shapes forever. Forever
- The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature. Any
- The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say,… Beautiful
- Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful… Beautiful
- Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and… Among
- One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index. Books
- It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have… Bible
- I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the… Astonished
- Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Change
- A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove to-day on examination to have been of… Been
- No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, what anything means, until he has a child and loves it. And then… Anything Means