Quote by Francis Bacon
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the offi

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. – Francis Bacon

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It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon

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Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. – Walter Mosley

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My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me. – Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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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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A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. Weve tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk. – Lisa Bonet

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