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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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power. – Eugenio Montale

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I dont know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. – Zona Gale

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When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. – Muhammad Iqbal

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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isnt poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do. – J. Milton Hayes

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