Quotes by Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator.

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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

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The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.

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Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.

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