Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie
The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic ag

The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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But the development of human society does not go straight forward and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series – though not in exact repetition. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature. – Daniel Goleman

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The excesses of our youth, are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest, about thirty years after date. – C.C. Colton, Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think,

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People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age. – Debra Winger

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Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips. – John M. Wagner (“Maxine”)

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