Quote by David Hare
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from th

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. – David Hare

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Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. – David Hare

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. – Lafcadio Hearn

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned. – Paul Valéry

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Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way. – Isaac Rosenberg

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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton

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