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Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.

~George Steiner

Topics: Every Inhabit Language Silence Translation Without World Would

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The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

~George Steiner

Topics: Between Biographies Domestic Gray Human Immense Majority Oblivion Transit

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Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

~George Steiner

Topics: Able Age Am Career End Given Near Pretty Scholar Speak Teacher Things Wanted Will Writer I Am

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Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

~George Steiner

Topics: Atrocity Easily Lies Life Resume Saturated Words

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My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

~George Steiner

Topics: Could Deep Father Finest He Himself Loved Music Person Poetry Teaching Thing Thought

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The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.

~George Steiner

Topics: Event Every Impact Individual Journalistic Maximum Point Sharpens Social Uniform Vision

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The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

~George Steiner

Topics: Any Being Brain Expression He He Or She Heart Human Human Being Important Learn Loves Most Pay Piece Poem Prose Really She The Most Important Tribute Vital

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The age of the book is almost gone.

~George Steiner

Topics: Age Almost Book Gone

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We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.

~George Steiner

Topics: Auschwitz Bach Day Evening Go Goethe He His Know Man Morning Play Read Work

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Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

~George Steiner

Topics: Indifferent Leaves Men Them Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: April 23rd, 1929

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