Author: D.J. Enright

Cites

• Heine (1)
  • IN: Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor (1969) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: I advise our descendants to be born with thick skin on their backs.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Germany
• Italo Svevo (1)
  • IN: Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor (1969) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: A small bird was was being strangled by a hawk had only time for one last loud protesting cry of indignation. But in that cry, brief as it was, it felt it had fulfilled its being, and its little soul made boast of it as it flew up towards the sun and was lost in the azure sky.
    FROM: A Perfect Hoax, (1929), Book, Italy
• Tao Tschung Yu (1)
  • IN: Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor (1969) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: My philosophy is, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
• Jonathan Swift (1)
  • IN: Old Men and Comets (1993) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.
    FROM: Thoughts on Various Subjects, (1706), Essay, Ireland