Quote by: Walter Pater

Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening.


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Author Bio


  • NameWalter Pater
  • DescriptionEssayist,art and literature critic, fiction writer
  • BornAugust 4, 1839
  • DiedJuly 30, 1894
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionArt Historian; Writer; Novelist
  • WorksMarius The Epicurean