Quote by Allen Tate
Men expect too much, do too little. - Allen Tate

Men expect too much, do too little. – Allen Tate

Other quotes by Allen Tate

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. – Allen Tate

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Poetry
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Dramatic experience is not logical it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. – Allen Tate

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Experience
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There is probably nothing wrong with art for arts sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. – Allen Tate

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Poetry
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. – Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort)

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Doing things is not the same as getting things done. – Jared Silver, jaredsilver.name (@JaredSilver)

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He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. – John McPhee

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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. – George Patton

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