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Quotes from The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism — A. E. Housman

1859–1936 England

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Most men are rather stupid, and most of those who are not stupid are, consequently, rather vain.

The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism (1921)

The difference between an icicle and a red-hot poker is really much slighter than the difference between truth and falsehood or sense and nonsense; yet it is much more immediately noticeable and much more universally noticed, because the body is more sensitive than the mind.

The Application of Thought to Textual Criticism (1921)

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