Discretion is not the better part of biography. Lytton Strachey More Quotes by Lytton Strachey More Quotes From Lytton Strachey In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal. Lytton Strachey spain france literature 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 majority age giving How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question. Lytton Strachey hygiene dubious evil English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other poetic drama by the standards which Shakespeare has already implanted in his mind. Lytton Strachey literature mind drama 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 quality genius trying When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved. Lytton Strachey ruins language civilization With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin. Lytton Strachey exception vocabulary latin If this is dying, I don't think much of it. Lytton Strachey last-words dying thinking The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion. Lytton Strachey brilliant war peace If this is dying, then I don't think much of it. Lytton Strachey The history of the Victorian Age will never be written we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Lytton Strachey
