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George Saintsbury Quotes

But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and exhausted all the good that fiction could give and do Picture Quote #1

The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority Picture Quote #1

Oratory is, after all, the prose literature of the savage Picture Quote #1

Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right Picture Quote #1

It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times Picture Quote #1

The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in fictitious life an uncertain model to copy and unstable materials to work in Picture Quote #1

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Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy Picture Quote #1

I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast Picture Quote #1

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they did think, write, admire Picture Quote #1

Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known and thought and written in the world Picture Quote #1

When people cannot write good literature it is perhaps natural that they should lay down rules how good literature should be written Picture Quote #1

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But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and exhausted all the good that fiction could give and do (George Saintsbury Quotes) The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority. (George Saintsbury Quotes) Oratory is, after all, the prose literature of the savage (George Saintsbury Quotes) Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right (George Saintsbury Quotes) It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times (George Saintsbury Quotes) The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in fictitious life an uncertain model to copy and unstable materials to work in (George Saintsbury Quotes) Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy (George Saintsbury Quotes) I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast (George Saintsbury Quotes) We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they did think, write, admire (George Saintsbury Quotes) Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known and thought and written in the world (George Saintsbury Quotes) When people cannot write good literature it is perhaps natural that they should lay down rules how good literature should be written (George Saintsbury Quotes)