Northrop Frye Quotes
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The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
Northrop Frye
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Author Details:
Type:
Critic Quotes
Category:
Canadian Critic Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 14, 1912
Date of Death:
January 23, 1991
Nationality:
Canadian
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Related Authors:
George Edward Woodberry
Bell Hooks
Aleister Crowley
Irving Babbitt
M. H. Abrams
Margaret Fuller
William Hazlitt
Charles Lamb
Lester Bangs
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Quote Keywords:
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Beauty,
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Truth
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Because,
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Goodness,
More,
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Pursuit,
Temptation,
Than,
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