"As they say in geology, time never..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
As they say in geology, time never fails, there is always enough of it, so I may say, criticism never fails.
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“As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.”
“The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what we do; and yet how much is not done by us!”
“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”
More on Time
“Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.”
“Jewel-Like the immortaldoes not boast of its length of yearsbut of the scintillating point of the moment.”
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
More on Criticism
“Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends; and so, with some pre-ordained right to pontificate they take on the responsibility of decoding the book and risk making terrible fools of themselves.”
“But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire.”
“When bankers get into business they usually destroy it.”