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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

Other quotes by William Shenstone

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. – William Shenstone

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Beauty
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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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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training. – David Hunt

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Poetry

I have experienced healing through other writers poetry, but theres no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, Ill write a bad poem. – Marilyn Hacker

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Poetry

Im quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. – Marguerite Young

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Poetry

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend its no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often its really just about the money, the perceived prestige. – George Murray

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Poetry

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