Quotes by Temple, Sir William

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, >>

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, >>

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinenc >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to >>

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

In the works of the better poets you get the sensation that they're no >>

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

Temple, Sir William