It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty no >>
Either a beast or a god. >>
To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a w >>
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach t >>
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. >>
But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, tha >>
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.