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men
Charles Dickens Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
Charles Dickens The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
Charles Dickens It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
Charles Dickens When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Charles Dickens Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men talking two
Charles Caleb Colton When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
Charles Caleb Colton No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
men two rogues
Charles Caleb Colton There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
poet negotiation range
Edward Hirsch Readers bring their own experiences, their own range of - their own wisdom, their own knowledge, their own insights to poem and the meaning of a poem takes place in the negotiation between the poet, the poem and the reader.
poet reader great-poet
Edward Hirsch There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.
poet true
Eugenio Montale The poet does not know and often will never know his true receiver.
poet invention conscious
C. S. Lewis Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme.
poetry silence never-quit
Charles Simic Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
poetry
Natasha Trethewey Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
poetry mind body
Camille Paglia Poetry is the connecting link between body and mind.
poetry wish way
C. K. Williams Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.
poetry humanity
Elizabeth Barrett Browning We can't separate our humanity from our poetry ...