Temple of Literature

Famous quotes containing the words temple and/or literature:

    This flea is you and I, and this
    Our mariage bed, and mariage temple is;
    Though parents grudge, and you, w’are met,
    And cloystered in these living walls of Jet.
    John Donne (1572–1631)

    A people’s literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
    Edith Hamilton (1867–1963)