"In ordinary life, nothing is truly great which it is great to despise; wealth, honor, reputation, absolute power — an…"

"The images make for confusion rather than forcefulness. Examine each in the light of day and it gradually sinks from …"

"To miss a high aim is to fail without shame."

"There are, one may say, some five most productive sources of the sublime in literature, the common groundwork, as it …"

"Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind."

"Genius needs the curb as often as the spur."

"Utterances which appear inspired are often not sublime but merely childish."

"Nothing is truly great which it is great to despise; wealth, honor, reputation, absolute power—anything in short whic…"

"Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their Critick with a Poet's Fire. An ardent Judge, who Zealous i…"

"φύσει γὰρ ἅπαντες οἱ μεγέθους ἐφιέμενοι, φεύγοντες ἀσθενείας καὶ ξηρότητος κατάγνωσιν, οὐκ οἶδ᾿ ὅπως ἐπὶ τοῦθ᾿ ὑποφέρ…"