Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men. - William Empson

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Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.

William Empson

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About William Empson

Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an influential English literary critic and poet.

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The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.

Liberal hopefulness
Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

It is the pain, it is the pain, endures.
Your chemic beauty burned my muscles through.
Poise of my hands reminded me of yours.