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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down th

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. – Don Marquis

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Bores
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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. – Don Marquis

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Age
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We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. – Don Marquis

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Money
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. – George Murray

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Poetry

The poet is like the prince of clouds
Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
His giant wings prevent him from walking. – Charles Baudelaire

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Poetry

I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that was a wonderful little, fizzy sort of world. – Kenneth Koch

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Poetry

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. – Matthew Arnold

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Poetry

Random Quotes

If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues? – John Churton Collins, Aphorisms in the English Review, 1914

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Perspective

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. – Fred Astaire

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good

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. – Henry Cate, VII

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Election Day

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends parents were punks or hippies. – Shirley Manson

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