Thomas Bowdler quotes

“Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.”
-- Thomas Bowdler

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“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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“In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.”

Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969.

“David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.”

“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.

“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.

“It is always in season for old men to learn.”

“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”

“Whoever is new to power is always harsh.”

“I am too inexperienced and ignorant to conduct myself with propriety in this town, where every thing is new to me, and many things are unaccountable and perplexing.”

“Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.”

“Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.”