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

"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."

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

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

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

"Sublimity is the echo of greatness of spirit."

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

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