What's That Line?
Some Literary Allusions from Fahrenheit 451
Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine. Dreamthorp by Alexander Smith
It is computed, that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over. Life of Dr. Johnson by James Boswell.
Consider the lilies of the field. They toil not, neither do they... Bible. Matthew 6:25-29
Cheshire Cat. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold.
Who are a little wise, the best fools be. "The Triple Fool" by John Donne.
Truth is truth, to the end of reckoning. Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare.
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney.
Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge. Defense of Poesy by Sir Philip Sidney.
Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope.
A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope.
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. Rasselas by Dr. Samuel Johnson.
He is not wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. Idler by Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Truth will come to light, murder will not be hid long! Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
This age thinks better of gilded fool, than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. Old Forrtunatus by Thomas Dekker.
The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting. Catiline's Conspiracy by Ben Jonson.
Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton.
Knowledge is power. Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon.
A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the furthest of the two. Democritus to the Reader by Robert Burton.
A kind of exceleent dumb discourse. Tempest by William Shakespeare.
The tyranny of the majority. History of Freedom and Other Essays by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton.
Burning Bright. Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake.
There is not terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass by me as an idle wind, which I respect not. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
To everything there is a season. Bible. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
And on either side of the river was there a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are the healing of the nations. Bible. Revelation 22.
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