“It is always the unreadable that occurs.”
The Decay of Lying (1889)
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes

“Sartor Resartus is simply unreadable, and for me that always sort of spoils a book.”
How to Get from January to December (1951)

“Oh! journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read.”
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I

“Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.”
Source: Role Models

“That was one thing about books: once you read them they couldn’t be unread.”
Source: The Magician's Land

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”
Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.
Source: So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance