Quote by Samuel Johnson
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. - Samuel Johnson

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. – Samuel Johnson

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage
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The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. – Samuel Johnson

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Dreams
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I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. – Carol Ann Duffy

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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible. – Seamus Heaney

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Poetry

You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smiths autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape. – Ellie Goulding

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Poetry

Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven! – Lord Byron

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Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat. – Proverb

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When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy. – Albert Finney

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I make movies that nobody will see. Ive made movies that even I have never seen. – Christopher Walken

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Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. – Dorothy Sarnoff

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