Creative Quotations from . . .
Matthew Arnold
(1822-1888) born on Dec 24
English "poet, critic". "He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem "Dover Beach," 1853 and as a crusader for classicism."
 
   
F
Culture is acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit."

R
"Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery."
A
"For the creation of a master-work of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment."
N
"Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare."
K
One thing only has been lent to youth and age in common -- discontent.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Literature and Dogma," Preface, 1873."
R: ""Self-Dependence.""
A: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N: From an Internet collection of quotations.
K: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."



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