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The virtue of the essay is that it reflects a thought in the process of discovering itself, and De Quincey dramatised this process.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
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“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
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