“skulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author.”
“No author ever spar'd a brother.”
Fable X, "The Elephant and the Bookseller"
Fables (1727)
“The richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.”
Of John Campbell, as quoted by Joseph Wharton; reported in "John Campbell", Encyclopedia Britannica (1911)
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 38.
The Philosophy of Antoninus
Context: The doctrines of Epictetus and Antoninus are the same, and Epictetus is the best authority for the explanation of the philosophical language of Antoninus and the exposition of his opinions.
“Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.”
Source: Wall and Piece
Preface to London music in 1888-89 as heard by Corno di Bassetto http://books.google.com/books?id=3PBP0ln1gLgC (1937)
1940s and later
“A real author gets his best pieces of literature from narrow alleys and dirty houses”
"The Office of the People in Art, Government and Religion" (1835), p. 421
Literary and Historical Miscellanies (1855)
