If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel