There are two classes of
poets - the
poets by education and practice, these we respect; and
poets by nature, these we love.
View quotes by Ralph Waldo EmersonImmature
poets imitate; mature
poets steal.
View quotes by T S EliotPoets wish to profit or to please.
View quotes by HoracePoets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
View quotes by Percy Bysshe ShelleyShe knows more of love than the
poets can say,
And her eyes offer something that won't go away
View quotes by Harry ChapinOf course
poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.
View quotes by Thomas HardyNobody has ever measured, not even
poets, how much the human heart can hold.
View quotes by Zelda FitzgeraldAmerica may have great
poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer.
View quotes by Rebecca DavisPoets are sultans, if they had their will: For every author would his brother kill.
View quotes by Roger BoyleInspiration is a farce that
poets have invented to give themselves importance.
View quotes by Jean AnouilhHomer has taught all other
poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
View quotes by AristotleAll a poet can do today is warn. That is why the truest
poets must be truthful.
View quotes by Wilfred OwenHomer has taught all other
poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
View quotes by AristotlePoets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.
View quotes by Robert FrostO woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile:
So have all sages said, all
poets sung
View quotes by Jean IngelowAs soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the
poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
View quotes by Jean GiraudouxWhile pensive
poets painful vigils keep,
Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep (The Dunciad)
View quotes by Alexander PopePeople wish to be
poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. [Wise words indeed]
View quotes by Lucille CliftonPoets that lasting marble seek
Must carve in Latin or in Greek. (Of English Verse, 1645)
View quotes by Edmund WallerSome have at first for wits, then
poets passed,
Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last (An Essay on Criticism)
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