“Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.”
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Drum Taps
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Stray Birds (1916)
“Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.”
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Drum Taps
“The doors of wisdom are never shut.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Another handwriten message on Elvis' King James -Bible http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188891/Elvis-bible-containing-handwritten-notes-star-expected-fetch-thousands-auction.html <br class="br">Variant: Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.
Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host
The Glenn Beck Program
Premiere Radio Networks
2010-05-18
After attacking Media Matters, Beck says: "You will have to shoot me in the head. We are not stopping"
2010-05-18
Media Matters for America
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201005180014
2010s, 2010
“The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.”
James Howell (1594–1666) Anglo-Welsh historian and writer
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
“Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.”
André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist
Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermées; possessions jalouses du bonheur.
Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), book IV