Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. He has been characterised as a...
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
Do not run from the truth. There be nought so hard to live with as a lie.
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.