"The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry."

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"The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry."

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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

Stevie Smith, British Poet

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"How these words, wait to diein the arms of all the poetry..yet to be written."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Poetry, Word, Art, Creation

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Poetry, Life, Art, Emotion, Expression

"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Poetry, Nature, Love, Life

"Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."

John Keats, English Poet

Poetry, Thoughts, Remembrance

"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Poetry, Nature, Sky, Spirit

"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"Children always turn to the light."

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"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides."

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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."

"I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican."

"How these words, wait to diein the arms of all the poetry..yet to be written."

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"Each drop that fell, had a story to tell.each smile that curved, said a million words.(Poem: Our Existence, Book: Ginger and Honey)"

"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover."

"Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."

"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

"Old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

"Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry."

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"Smiles are the language of love."

"When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths."

"No one but a fool is always right."

"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."

"Children always turn to the light."

"An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity."

"Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail."

"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides."

"Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather."