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Sad is the lot, who, once at least in his life, had not been a poet Alphonse Lamartine
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All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the truest poets must be truthful. Wilfred Owen
poetry literature logic
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Edward Young
poetry poverty instinct
A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard
poetry religion may
Out of the attempt to harmonize our actual life with our aspirations, our experience with our faith, we make poetry, - or, it may be, religion. Anna Jameson
poetry doe veils
A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. E. B. White
poetry bankers mysterious
Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. Allen Tate
poetry pardon burned
For what I have publish'd, I can only hope to be pardon'd; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais'd. Alexander Pope
poetry together groups
Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal them if it did. Christopher Morley
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I always said what I thought and I didn't hold anything back. Billy Carter
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Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves. Theodor Reik
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I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing. Frank Robinson
said cracked knows
Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where we're going. J. R. R. Tolkien
said wiser
You must not quote to me what I once said. I am wiser now. Romy Schneider
said young
Randolph," he said, "were you ever as young as me?" And Randolph said: "I was never so old. Truman Capote
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What cannot be said will be wept. Sappho
said heard knows
I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant. Richard M. Nixon
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The less said about me the better. William Carey