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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
Edmond and Jules De Goncourt books
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A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.
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Carl Van Doren
Carl Van Doren books
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A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
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Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino books
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Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
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Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett books
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Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.
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Henry Miller
Henry Miller books
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