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Mark Van Doren quotes: Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Great periods of poetry begin with an inordinate self-consciousness, and only gradually attain to the natural.

Great periods of poetry begin with an inordinate self-consciousness, and only gradually attain to the natural.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Our best chance for happiness is education.

Our best chance for happiness is education.

Mark Van Doren quotes: To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

Mark Van Doren quotes: The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Mark Van Doren quotes: To fail to love is not to exist at all.

To fail to love is not to exist at all.

Mark Van Doren quotes: For Tolstoy ... anything that human beings do has its glory ... I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened.

For Tolstoy ... anything that human beings do has its glory ... I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened.

Mark Van Doren quotes: It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.

It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life.

Memory performs the impossible for man; holds together past and present, gives continuity and dignity to human life.

Mark Van Doren quotes: The literature of the world has exerted its power by being translated.

The literature of the world has exerted its power by being translated.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Mark Van Doren quotes: Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.