- No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
3.6 · 59 votes · 156 reads
- Perversity is the muse of modern literature.
5.0 · 7 votes · 12 reads
- Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
3.7 · 29 votes · 69 reads
- Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
3.7 · 61 votes · 45 reads
- Poetry is what is lost in translation.
3.8 · 16 votes · 117 reads
- Poets wish to profit or to please.
3.0 · 47 votes · 158 reads
- Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.Jean Rostand
PhilosopherFrench1894 · 19th century
3.7 · 54 votes · 108 reads
- Read in order to live.
3.3 · 36 votes · 73 reads
- Read much, but not many books.
4.1 · 49 votes · 190 reads
- Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience.
4.7 · 13 votes · 163 reads
- Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
PythagorasMathematicianGreek-582 · 6th century BC
4.3 · 6 votes · 171 reads
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