Art still has truth. Take refuge there. - Matthew Arnold

The translator of Homer should above all be penetrated by a sense of four qualities of his author: — that he is eminently rapid; that he is eminently plain and direct both in the evolution of his thought and in the expression of it, that is, both in his syntax and in his words; that he is eminently plain and direct in the substance of his thought, that is, in his matter and ideas; and, finally, that he is eminently noble.

The sterner self of the Populace likes bawling, hustling, and smashing; the lighter self, beer.

Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said!