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Lytton Strachey Quotes

Lytton Strachey quotes

English Critic March 1, 1880 – January 21, 1932

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Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. Lytton Strachey
In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought. Lytton Strachey
But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist. Lytton Strachey
Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal processwhich is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake. Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the..."
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages. Lytton Strachey
As usual, it struck me that letters were the only really satisfactory form of literature. They give one the facts so amazingly, don't they? I felt when I got to the end that I'd lived for years in that set. But oh dearie me I am glad that I'm not in it! Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "With a very few exceptions, every word in the French..."
With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin. Lytton Strachey
When the onward rush of a powerful spirit sweeps a weaker one to its destruction, the commonplaces of the moral judgement are better left unmade. Lytton Strachey
In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought. Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he..."
The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own. Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we..."
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. Lytton Strachey
During this earlier period of his activity Voltaire seems to have been trying - half unconsciously, perhaps - to discover and to express the fundamental quality of his genius. Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet."
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet. Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey quote: "Discretion is not the better part of biography."
Discretion is not the better part of biography. Lytton Strachey

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