Quotes by Arthur Quiller-Couch

About Arthur Quiller-Couch:

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy; and the fictional Horace Rumpole.
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Just go on reading, as well as you can, and be sure that when the children get the thrill of the story, for which you wait, they will be asking more questions, and pertinent ones, than you are able to answer.

Arthur Quiller-Couch

His way was like other people's; he mounted no high horse; he was just a man and a citizen. He indulged in no Socratic irony. But his discourse was full of Attic grace; those who heard it went away neither disgusted by servility, nor repelled by ill-...

Arthur Quiller-Couch

We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.

Arthur Quiller-Couch

If you crave for Knowledge, the banquet of Knowledge grows and groans on the board until the finer appetite sickens. If, still putting all your trust in Knowledge, you try to dodge the difficulty by specialising, you produce a brain bulging out inord...

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Author Bio

  • NameArthur Quiller-Couch
  • DescriptionBritish writer and literary critic
  • BornNovember 21, 1863
  • DiedMay 12, 1944
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Author