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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It wi

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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I dont like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isnt of much value. Life hasnt revealed its beauty to them. – Boris Pasternak

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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. – Boris Pasternak

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The poet sees things as they look. Is this having a faculty the less? or a sense the more? – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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[Poetry] feeds on the purest substance of the sentiments of the soul. It quenches its thirst with a nectar that has no dregs. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Its like I understand images and some people understand poetry. – Samantha Morton

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A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. – Jose Marti

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