Criticism Quote by Jeremy Hawthorn

“The medieval world then is one in which not only is the scheme of the virtues enlarged beyond an Aristotelian perspective, but above all…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

“I have been in several provinces of that kingdom. In some, one half of the people are fools and madmen; in some, they are…

— Voltaire

“Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or…

— Aldous Huxley

“Blessed with riches and possibilities far beyond anything imagined by ancestors who tilled the unpredictable soil of medieval Europe, modern populations have nonetheless shown…

— Alain de Botton

“In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are…

— W.B. Yeats

“The nobleman thinks clearly, writes clearly, and controls his emotions, though not his feelings; the bookkeeper controls neither emotions nor feelings, and what he…

— Fernando Pessoa

“It is not easy to describe lucidly in short notes to a poem the various approaches to a fortified castle,”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Victorian novels come to us, that is, poised between questions of outer and inner, public and private life; they tend to contrast and nally…

— Hilary Schor

“The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects. When do…

— Saadi

“There is a great deal of solemn discussion about The Novel. In fact, every novel is an answer to the ancient plea, 'Tell us…

— Pamela Brown

“Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity?”

— Charlotte Brontë

“Writing a book with completely fictitious characters is like running a democracy, centered around a capital state. You constantly live with the fear &…

— Shomprakash Sinha Roy