Quote Genre: Poetry

John Dryden – ‘Three poets in three distant…

‘Three poets in three distant ages born Greece Italy and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassd; The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go; To make a third … Continue reading →

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Emily Dickinson – ‘If I read a book and it make…

‘If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me I know that is poetry.’

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David Eugene Smith – ‘One merit of mathematics few…

‘One merit of mathematics few will deny: it says more in fewer words than any other science. The formula e^iπ = -1 expressed a world of thought of truth of poetry and of the religious spirit God eternally geometrizes.’

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Dame Edith Sitwell – ‘Poetry ennobles the heart an…

‘Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe and restores to us forgotten paradises.’

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Simonides of Ceos – ‘Painting is silent poetry an…

‘Painting is silent poetry and poetry painting that speaks.’

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William Shakespeare – ‘The lunatic the lover and th…

‘The lunatic the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold That is the madman: the lover all as frantic Sees Helens beauty in a brow of Egypt: The poets … Continue reading →

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca – ‘Just as I shall select my sh…

‘Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage or my house when I propose to take a residence so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘There is no mistake so great…

‘There is no mistake so great as that of being always right.’

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Robert Louis Stevenson – ‘Wine is bottled poetry.’…

‘Wine is bottled poetry.’

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George Herbert Walker Bush – ‘We have had triumphs we have…

‘We have had triumphs we have made mistakes we have had sex.’

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