The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.

Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his mother tongue, which is always being corrupted. When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.

Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction.

Now is the age of anxiety.