Quote Genre: Letter

E. B. White – ‘A man who publishes his lett…

‘A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist nothing shields him from the worlds gaze except his bare skin. A writer writing away can always fix things up to make himself more presentable but a man who has written … Continue reading →

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John Donne – ‘Sir more than kisses letters…

‘Sir more than kisses letters mingle souls; For thus friends absent speak.’

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Lord George Gordon Byron – ‘One of the pleasures of read…

‘One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.’

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Blaise Pascal – ‘I have made this letter long…

‘I have made this letter longer than usual only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Je nai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je nai pa eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.’

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Francis Bacon – ‘I knew one that when he wrot…

‘I knew one that when he wrote a letter he would put that which was most material in the postscript as if it had been a bymatter.’

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – ‘We lay aside letters never t…

‘We lay aside letters never to read them again and at last we destroy them out discretion and so disappears the most immediate breath of life irrecoverably for ourselves and for others.’

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James Fallows – ‘Always write angry letters t…

‘Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.’

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Marcus Tullius Cicero – ‘Other relaxations are peculi…

‘Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times places and stages of life but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity and are the … Continue reading →

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