Author: Matthew Arnold

Quotes

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

- Matthew Arnold

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.

- Matthew Arnold

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

- Matthew Arnold

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

- Matthew Arnold

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

- Matthew Arnold

Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

- Matthew Arnold

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

- Matthew Arnold

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.

- Matthew Arnold

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.

- Matthew Arnold

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