For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.
Matthew Arnold quote But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.
Matthew Arnold quote Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.
Matthew Arnold quote Biography
Poet, 1822 - 1888
