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# Matthew Arnold

(1822–1888)   Critic   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Matthew Arnold was a critic from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism*.

## Quick Facts About Matthew Arnold

Born December 24, 1822

Died April 15, 1888

Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Profession Critic

Notable works Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism

Known for The Scholar-Gypsy, Thyrsis, To Marguerite: Continued, Tristram and Iseult, On Translating Homer

Spouse Frances Lucy Wightman

## About Matthew Arnold

He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to literary professor Tom Arnold and novelist William Delafield Arnold. He was known as a sage writer who warned readers about social problems. For thirty‑five years he inspected schools and advocated for state‑run secondary education.

## Awards & Honors

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Newdigate Prize

##  Quotes by Matthew Arnold · Page 5

> [The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-brave-impetuous-heart-yields-everywhere-to-the-subtle-contriving/)

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> [For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/for-poetry-the-idea-is-everything-the-rest-is-a-world-of-illusion/)

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> [Say, has some wet bird-haunted English lawn Lent it the music of its trees at dawn?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/say-has-some-wet-bird-haunted-english-lawn-lent-it-the-music-of-its/)

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> [Men of culture are the true apostles of equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/men-of-culture-are-the-true-apostles-of-equality/)

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[Apostles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/)

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> [To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/to-hear-the-world-applaud-the-hollow-ghost-which-blamed-the-living-man/)

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> [The strongest part of a religion today is its unconscious poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-strongest-part-of-a-religion-today-is-its-unconscious-poetry/)

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[Poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/)

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> [Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/change-doth-unknit-the-tranquil-strength-of-men/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [The grand stye arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-grand-stye-arises-in-poetry-when-a-noble-nature-poetically-gifted/)

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[Arise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arise/)

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> [I do not believe today everything I believed yesterday I wonder will I believe tomorrow everything I believe today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/i-do-not-believe-today-everything-i-believed-yesterday-i-wonder-will/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [Man errs not that he deems His welfare his true aim, He errs because he dreams The world does but exist that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/man-errs-not-that-he-deems-his-welfare-his-true-aim-he-errs-because/)

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[Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/)

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> [He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/he-will-find-one-english-book-and-one-only-where-as-in-the-iliad/)

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[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/and-long-we-try-in-vain-to-speak-and-act-our-hidden-self-and-what-we/)

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> [All this I bear, for, what I seek, I know: Peace, peace is what I seek, and public calm: Endless extinction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/all-this-i-bear-for-what-i-seek-i-know-peace-peace-is-what-i-seek-and/)

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> [The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-best-poetry-will-be-found-to-have-a-power-of-forming-sustaining/)

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> [ There is no better motto which it \[culture\] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/there-is-no-better-motto-which-it-culture-can-have-than-these-words/)

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[Bishops](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bishops/)

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> [Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/ah-love-let-us-be-true-to-one-another-for-the-world-which-seems-to/)

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[Alarms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alarms/)

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> [“No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not thou the world. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/no-thou-art-come-too-late-empedocles-and-the-world-hath-the-day-and/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Eutrapelia . "A happy and gracious flexibility," Pericles calls this quality of the Athenians...lucidity of thought, clearness and propriety of language, freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/eutrapelia-a-happy-and-gracious-flexibility-pericles-calls-this/)

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[Athenians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athenians/)

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> [Coldly, sadly descends The autumn evening. The Field Strewn with its dank yellow drifts Of wither'd leaves, and the elms, Fade into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/coldly-sadly-descends-the-autumn-evening-the-field-strewn-with-its/)

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[Autumn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn/)

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> [Thought and science follow their own law of development; they are slowly elaborated in the growth and forward pressure of humanity, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/thought-and-science-follow-their-own-law-of-development-they-are/)

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[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. Better so! All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/and-thou-who-didst-the-stars-and-sunbeams-know-self-school-d-self/)

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[Bows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bows/)

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> [Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/culture-then-is-a-study-of-perfection-and-perfection-which-insists-on/)

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[Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/)

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> [“The word 'God' is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-word-god-is-used-in-most-cases-as-by-no-means-a-term-of-science/)

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[Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/)

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> [Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/philistine-must-have-originally-meant-in-the-mind-of-those-who/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [Philistinism! - We have not the expression in English. Perhaps we have not the word because we have so much of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/philistinism-we-have-not-the-expression-in-english-perhaps-we-have/)

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[Expression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expression/)

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> [Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/nature-with-equal-mind-sees-all-her-sons-at-play-sees-man-control-the/)

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[Equal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equal/)

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> [“The man who to untimely death is doomed Vainly would hedge him in from the assault of harm; He bears the seed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-man-who-to-untimely-death-is-doomed-vainly-would-hedge-him-in/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/to-have-the-sense-of-creative-activity-is-the-great-happiness-and-the/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [Ah! two desires toss about The poet's feverish blood; One drives him to the world without, And one to solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/ah-two-desires-toss-about-the-poet-s-feverish-blood-one-drives-him-to/)

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> [Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/culture-being-a-pursuit-of-our-total-perfection-by-means-of-getting/)

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[Concern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concern/)

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> [Years hence, perhaps, may dawn an age, More fortunate, alas! than we, Which without hardness will be sage, And gay without frivolity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/years-hence-perhaps-may-dawn-an-age-more-fortunate-alas-than-we-which/)

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> [It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/it-is-almost-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-proneness-of-the-human-mind/)

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> [I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/i-knew-the-mass-of-men-conceal-d-their-thoughts-for-fear-that-if/)

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[Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blank/)

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> [But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/but-so-many-books-thou-readest-but-so-many-schemes-thou-breedest-but/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [Morality represents for everybody a thoroughly definite and ascertained idea: the idea of human conduct regulated in a certain manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/morality-represents-for-everybody-a-thoroughly-definite-and/)

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> [Sanity -- that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/sanity-that-is-the-great-virtue-of-the-ancient-literature-the-want-of/)

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> [O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/o-strong-soul-by-what-shore-tarriest-thou-now-for-that-force-surely/)

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> [“Culture is the endeavour to know the best and to make this knowledge prevail for the good of all humankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/culture-is-the-endeavour-to-know-the-best-and-to-make-this-knowledge/)

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[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

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> [Time, so complain'd of, Who to no one man Shows partiality, Brings round to all men Some undimm'd hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/time-so-complain-d-of-who-to-no-one-man-shows-partiality-brings-round/)

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[Complaining](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complaining/)

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> [The nice sense of measure is certainly not one of Nature's gifts to her English children ... we have all of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/the-nice-sense-of-measure-is-certainly-not-one-of-nature-s-gifts-to/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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## Matthew Arnold by topic

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                        "text": "Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.",
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