Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
Excessive literary production is a social offense.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Producing too much literary work can harm society.
George Eliot's quote suggests that when there is an oversaturation of literary works, it can lead to a dilution of quality and a potential negative impact on society. This could imply that not all literary production contributes constructively to culture or knowledge, and that a thoughtful approach to literature is necessary to uphold its value.
Themes
LiteratureSocietyQualityProductionOffense
In practice
Example use cases
During a literary conference, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of quality in writing.
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All quotes βYou must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.
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She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel β that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.
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