Quote by Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows. - Edmund Burke

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows. – Edmund Burke

Other quotes by Edmund Burke

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. – Edmund Burke

Category:
Society
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or whats going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Nerudas poetry. I dont actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I dont know why, but it calms me, calms my brain. – Tea Obreht

Category:
Poetry

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. – Vincent Van Gogh

Category:
Poetry

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. – John Masefield

Category:
Poetry

Superstition is the poetry of life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually? – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Sincerity

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back. – Brian Clough

Category:
Age

I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader. – Patty Hearst

Category:
Leadership

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all thats good. – George Washington

Category:
good