His Author Quotes
- Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He… — Sarah Bernhardt
- The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
- Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him — Johann Georg Hamann
- Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of his… — Samuel Johnson
- A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him. — Samuel Johnson