It was not until comparatively modern ti

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	"It was not until comparatively modern times that our Western world fully recognized the value of the distich, triplet or quatrain for the expression of beautiful thoughts, rather than for the expression of ill-natured ones." - -- Lafcadio hearn

Top 5 quotes from Lafcadio hearn

"It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality."
"Just as there is a science of political economy, there is a science of ethical economy; and it is in relation to such a science that we should rationally consider the influence of all religions teaching self-suppression."
"It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese."
"The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature."
"At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language."

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