Jan Neruda Quotes

#1. No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We've got too many dexterous drudges as it is.

Jan Neruda

#2. The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police.

Jan Neruda

#3. Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don't have the slightest interest in her themselves.

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#4. I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers.

Jan Neruda

#5. At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.

Jan Neruda

#6. I've supped on potatoes and groats and am waiting to be sick. How about you?
I supped like the Lord in Heaven.'
and what does the Lord in Heaven have for supper?'
Nothing.

Jan Neruda