Quotes by Twain, Mark

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer >>

The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyon >>

I can live for two months on a good compliment. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything el >>

Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. >>

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. >>

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.

Twain, Mark