3 A. E. Housman Quotes on Character

A. E. Housman quotes on character

5. Most men are rather stupid, and most of those who are not stupid are, consequently, rather vain.

50. Good literature continually read for pleasure must, let us hope, do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

54. In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.