"The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical."

Poetry, Prose, Scripture

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"The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical."

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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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"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

Poetry, Power, Arrogance, Concern

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

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Poetry, Beauty, Peace, Happiness, Love

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

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Poetry, Geometry, May

"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

Poetry, Women

"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

Poetry, Want

"In the grueling light that passed for day..."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Poetry, Light, Life, Description

"Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence."

Edmund C. Stedman, American Poet

Poetry, Art, Excellence

"I despair of ever writing excellent poetry."

Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet

Poetry, Despair, Writing

"The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money."

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"Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior."

Hope

"The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last."

Economy

"His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world."

Knowledge

"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."

Pleasure

"The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate."

Friendship

"A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich."

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

"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."

"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."

"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."

"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."

"In the grueling light that passed for day..."

"Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence."

"I despair of ever writing excellent poetry."

"The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee."

Explore more quotes by William Shenstone

"Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money."

"Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior."

"Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases."

"Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts."

"The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased."

"The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last."

"His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world."

"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."

"The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate."

"A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich."