- Culture is. . . properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.... Matthew Arnold {view}
- Is it so small a thing / To have enjoyed the sun, / To have lived light in the spring, / To have loved, to have thought, to have done?... Matthew Arnold {view}
- Know, man hath all which nature hath, but more, and in that more lie all his hopes of good... Matthew Arnold {view}