John Erskine
Poet
1879-10-05
Books by John Erskine
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American Character and Other Essays
Selected from the Writings of John Erskine, Especially for the Chautauqua Home Reading Series
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Quotes by John Erskine
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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
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It is fatal to suppose the great writer was too wise or too profound for us ever to understand him; to think of art so is not to praise but to murder it, for the next step after that tribute will be neglect of the masterpiece.
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Whenever we read a book we love, we change it, to some extent. We read into it our own interpretations, and the meanings which the words have taken on in our time. If a book is so rigid that it cannot lend itself to these fluctuations, it is useful only while it seems strictly true, and afterwards it is completely out of date.
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It is fatal to suppose the great writer was too wise or too profound for us ever to understand him; to think of art so is not to praise but to murder it, for the next step after that tribute will be neglect of the masterpiece.
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Whenever we read a book we love, we change it, to some extent. We read into it our own interpretations, and the meanings which the words have taken on in our time. If a book is so rigid that it cannot lend itself to these fluctuations, it is useful only while it seems strictly true, and afterwards it is completely out of date.
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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
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There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
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There is a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
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It's a waste of time to read books on child psychology written by adults unless we are willing to check every page by what children know about the psychology of parents.
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I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden.
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Whether or not the philosophers care to admit that we have a soul, it seems obvious that we are equipped with something or other which generates dreams and ideals, and which sets up values.
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