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Van Wyck Brooks quotes

American Critic February 16, 1886 – May 2, 1963

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Van Wyck Brooks quote: "The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a..."
The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. Van Wyck Brooks
The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible. Van Wyck Brooks
People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding. Van Wyck Brooks
No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead. Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks quote: "No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it..."
No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman. Van Wyck Brooks
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few. Van Wyck Brooks
Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere. Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks quote: "If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the..."
If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset? Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks quote: "The creative impulses of man are always at war with the..."
The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. Van Wyck Brooks
It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans. Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks quote: "Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray..."
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright. Van Wyck Brooks
Never forget that it is we New Yorkers and New Englanders who have the monopoly of whatever oxygen there is in the American continent. Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks quote: "Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without..."
Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. Van Wyck Brooks

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