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Matthew Arnold Quotes about Life

Genius is mainly an affair of energy.

Matthew Arnold (1875). “Essays in Criticism”, p.58, London : [s.n.]

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.

Matthew Arnold, J. Dover Wilson (1932). “Culture and Anarchy: Landmarks in the History of Education”, p.51, Cambridge University Press

Saw life steadily and saw it whole.

Lines on Sophocles in 'To a Friend' (1849)