A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel