Thomas Bowdler quotes
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“Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.”
-- Thomas Bowdler -
“I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.”
-- Thomas Bowdler
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Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969.
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“David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.”
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“Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.”
Source : "Boundaries and Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
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“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”
Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.27, Sourcebooks, Inc.
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“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”
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“Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.”
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“Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.”
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