Literature Quotes
Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.
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"The written word is immortal."Livy
"The greatest poetry is the poetry of common life."Horace
"Books are a uniquely portable magic."Pliny the Younger
"The pen is mightier than the sword."Pliny the Younger
"Literature immortalizes the human spirit."Septimius Severus
"The written word preserves what might otherwise be lost to time."Pliny the Elder
"A literature reveals the soul of a people."Diocletian
"Literature is the mirror of society."Hadrian
"Literature preserves the voices of the dead for the ears of the living."Cato the Elder
"The pursuit of literature is the pursuit of human truth."Cato the Younger
"Literature preserves the souls of the dead for the living."Commodus
"The literature of a civilization reveals its soul."Septimius Severus
"Literature preserves the voice of the dead and gives counsel to the living."Septimius Severus
"Literature preserves what law merely dictates."Constantine I
"The literature that endures is that which speaks truth to power."Cato the Younger
"Great literature holds up a mirror to the face of humanity."Cato the Younger
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages past."Cato the Elder
"Music speaks truths that philosophy struggles to articulate."Septimius Severus
"A nation that reads widely will think deeply."Hadrian
"Literature is the propaganda of the powerful."Domitian
"Literature records what I decide history shall remember."Commodus
"Literature must serve the state, or it serves no one."Commodus
"Literature preserves the wisdom of the ages."Vespasian
"The pen is mightier than the sword."Nero
"The literature of a people reveals the depth of their civilization."Antoninus Pius
"The written word outlives the sword, yet the sword silences the word."Domitian
"What is remembered is what is recorded, and I control the records."Domitian
"Literature opens windows to countless worlds."Claudius
"Literature preserves the human soul."Claudius
"The literature of a civilization reveals its soul more truly than its laws."Vespasian