The Past Is A Work

The Lower One's Vitality, The More Sensitive One Is To Great Art.

I Have Known No Man Of Genius Who Had Not To Pay, In Some Affliction Or Defect, Either Physical Or Spiritual, For What The Gods Had Given Him.

Pessimism Does Win Us Great Happy Moments.

Heroes Are Very Human, Most Of Them; Very Easily Touched By Praise.

Not That I Had Any Special Reason For Hating School. Strange As It May Seem To My Readers, I Was Not Unpopular There. I Was A Modest, Good-humoured Boy. It Is Oxford That Has Made Me Insufferable.