So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker Category: Poetry
Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. – Eugenio Montale Category: Poetry
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. – Voltaire Category: Poetry
I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. – Nicolas Sarkozy Category: War
Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort. – Helen Gurley Brown Category: Happiness
Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! – Thomas Carlyle Category: Censorship
