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Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the wee

Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. – Walter Savage Landor

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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because youve done a comedy performance but because youre talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul. – Roger McGough

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My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. – Plutarch

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