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The ancients have left us examples of epic poems in which the heroes provide the entire interest of the story, and we are still unable to accustom ourselves to the fact that for our epoch history of that sort is meaningless.
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“Life was too short for bad books, or even good books that you just don’t like.”
― North Haven
― North Haven
“Some choices are awful even when they're the right ones.”
― North Haven
― North Haven
“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.”
― The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
― The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
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