Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave ones literary education very incomplete. – Lafcadio Hearn

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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. – Lafcadio Hearn

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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then dont by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse. – Robert W. Service

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If theres no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. – Robert Graves

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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. – James Broughton

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Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. – James Joyce

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