nabokov-categories

April 8, 2026

There are teachers and students with square minds who are by nature meant to undergo the fascination of categories. For them, ‘schools’ and ‘movements’ are everything; by painting a group symbol on the brow of mediocrity, they condone their own incomprehension of true genius.

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Thought:

“Bid the warbling Nine retire:
Venus, string thy servant’s lyre:
Love shall be my endless theme:
Pleasure shall triumph over fame:
And when these maxims I decline,
Apollo, may thy fate be mine:
May I grasp at empty praise;
And the lose the nymph, to gain the bays.”

Matthew Prior | “In Imitation of Anacreon”

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