Quotes by Johnson, Ben

Talking is the disease of age. >>

Force works on servile natures, not the free. >>

Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes >>

Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master i >>

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as e >>

A good poet's made as well as born.

Johnson, Ben