Difficult Quote by Thomas Piketty

“The greatest book ever composed was marked at one point unconventional. Also it was marked difficult to read and comprehend, especially in its original…

— Marcus G Monroe

“It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck…

— Horace Walpole

“The greatest book ever composed was marked at one point unconventional. Also it was marked difficult to read, especially in its original format. Yet…

— Marcus G Monroe

It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries.…

— Henry Miller

In Guinea I could read [Franz] Kafka. I re-discover in him my own discomfort.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it…

— Jerome K. Jerome

That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

— Bayard Taylor

Do not be influenced by the importance of the writer, and whether his learning be great or small, but let the love of pure…

— Thomas a Kempis

“It is possible to be a great novelist - that is, to render a veracious account of your times - and a bad writer…

— Angela Carter

“The text contains no literary criticism. I wanted to describe books, not to be clever at their expense.”

— Kenneth McLeish