What did William Empson mean by: Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England Copy
+ It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Empson, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ The heart of standing is that you cannot fly. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 24, 2023, William Empson, Heart, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men. Feraz Zeid, June 6, 2023December 12, 2023, William Empson, Law, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ Poetry contains nothing haphazard. Feraz Zeid, September 4, 2023December 26, 2023, William Empson, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Empson, Art, Poetry, Roots, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Empson, Be Good, Good Enough, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
+ Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can’t be solved by analysis. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Empson, Analysis, Contradiction, 0 - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
Life begins only when we cross the borders and not definitely before! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector’s passion borders on the chaos of memories. - Walter Benjamin Philosopher and cultural critic · Germany
Europe has to secure its borders and support those in the neighborhood who share our values. - Herman Van Rompuy
Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. - Jacques Chirac
Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence. - George Steiner
