Quotes by Stevens, Wallace

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise! >>

They said, You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. >>

Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, togeth >>

Quotations about Proverbs

The proverb is something musty. >>

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. >>

A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it. >>

I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure. Sometimes I think that all our learning is the little learning of the maxim. To laugh at a Roman awe-stricken in a sacred grove is to laugh at something today.

Stevens, Wallace