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Prose talks and poetry sings. - Franz Grillparzer

Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is lifes true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. – Franz Grillparzer

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Poetry
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Franz Grillparzer
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Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled. – Franz Grillparzer

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Trust
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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

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This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. – Eugenio Montale

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Im conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. Theres hardly a day that goes past on which I dont write poetry. – Ben Okri

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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect. – John Nelson Darby

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