Egerton Brydges Inspirational Quotes (4)

I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.

To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence—true poetry strikes at the soul.