“I am caught in a tide of sorrow and love which is carrying me away from writing.” (17 July 1920) Letters To Milena
The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes. Reflections on Literature and Morality
Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal. Nicholas Nickleby
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Julius Caesar
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