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Quote by Franz Grillparzer
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is lifes true mirror. But

Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is lifes true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. – Franz Grillparzer

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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses. – Franz Grillparzer

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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. – Franz Grillparzer

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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. – Franz Grillparzer

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Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. – Antonin Artaud

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Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. – Robert Fitzgerald

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It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. – Stephen Mallarme

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A poem can have an impact, but you cant expect an audience to understand all the nuances. – Douglas Dunn

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Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life. – Virginia Woolf

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