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For the shepherds are stupid, and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
According to Goethe, Byron’s poetical power eclipsed all other mortals, and he was not held back by petty morality, being possessed of a virtue of which the bourgeoisie had no conception.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
For all kinds of social purposes he has the calculable orbit of the man in the caste or the servile state; but in the story of his own soul he is still pursuing, at great peril, his own adventure.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
And being good is an adventure far more violent and daring than sailing round the world.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
And when I say that everybody understands Dickens I do not mean that he is suited to the untaught intelligence. I mean that he is so plain that even scholars can understand him.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
The command of Christ is impossible, but it is not insane; it is rather sanity preached to a planet of lunatics.