It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.
—Barthold G. Niebuhr
Topics: Art, Originality
While I am ready to adopt any well-grounded opinion, my inmost heart revolts against receiving the judgments of others respecting persons, and whenever I have done so, I have bitterly repented of it.
—Barthold G. Niebuhr
Topics: Judgment
The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone.
—Barthold G. Niebuhr
Topics: Style
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