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Quote by Leonard Cohen
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well,

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. – Leonard Cohen

Other quotes by Leonard Cohen

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. – Leonard Cohen

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Faith
Author
Leonard Cohen
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I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms. – Leonard Cohen

Category:
Royalty, Kings, Queens
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Leonard Cohen
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Poetry
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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. – Eugenio Montale

Category:
Poetry

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed? – W.H. Auden

Category:
Poetry

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. – Diane Wakoski

Category:
Poetry

I dont look on poetry as closed works. I feel theyre going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. – John Ashbery

Category:
Poetry

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Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. – Plutarch

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