“A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules... It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.”— Ezra Pound
“The man who has not read the classics is like one who has walked all his life in a room hung with splendid paintings of which he has only seen the backs.”— Gilbert Murray
“A classic is a book that is not only still being read but is also still being talked about.”— Clifton Fadiman