Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
Only the shallow know themselves.
There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
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