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poet invention conscious
Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme. C. S. Lewis
poetry should
Why then we should drop into poetry. Charles Dickens
poet companion whole-life
Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. David McCullough
poetry qualified
Everyone is not able, or inclined, to write poetry in the narrower sense any more than everyone is qualified to take part in a walking race. But just as all of us can and do walk, so all of us can and do use language poetically. Louis MacNeice
poet
I'm a poet first and foremost, before the modelling. Jessica White
poet represent size sound thus universal
The poet should size the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poet true
The poet does not know and often will never know his true receiver. Eugenio Montale
poetry fruit mute
A Poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit. Archibald MacLeish
poet clock repeats
A small poet repeats himself like a clock. Austin O'Malley
conceited men swear-to-god
So I swear to God, I took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it and say to people, 'Okay, where did we meet?' But it just got worse. People were more offended. Every now and then, someone will give me context, and I'll say, 'Thank you for helping me.' But I piss more people off. You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested. Brad Pitt
conceited men common
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men. William Shakespeare
conceited substance matter
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
conceited body strongest
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
conceited two rome
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. Ben Jonson
conceited play plain-english
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
conceit
It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country. Kurt Eichenwald
conceited thinking want
Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist. Ayn Rand
conceited power pull reveal shots wars
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate. Dario Fo
orators
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.