Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.
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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
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Van Wyck Brooks (11)
Birth: | 16th February, 1886 |
Death: | 2nd May, 1963 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Critic, Historian, Biographer |
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Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian. Brooks was educated at Harvard University and graduated in 1908. As a student there, he published his first book: a collection of poetry called Verses by Two Undergraduates, co-written with his friend John Hall Wheelock.
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