Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact.

Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact.

When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.

Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.