digression

is incontestably the life and soul of reading. Take that out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page.

Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore them to the writer he steps forth like a bridegroom, bids them all-hail, brings in variety and forbids the appetite to fail. Laurence Sterne

is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton, or Hamlet’s father’s ghost and what stays is dry bones.

Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton, or Hamlet’s father’s ghost and what stays is dry bones.

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digression