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Quote by William Shenstone
Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases. - Will

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases. – William Shenstone

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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. – William Shenstone

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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor mans hut, as well as the palace of his superior. – William Shenstone

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Hope
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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. – William Shenstone

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Poetry
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Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity – the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. – J. Courtney Sullivan

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Poetry

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. – Edith Hamilton

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Poetry

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn. – Lawrence Summers

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The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it. – Sylvia Plath

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You cant be afraid of failure and you cant be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work. – Dave Van Ronk

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I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre. – Thomas Jane

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