Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Upon Roscommon's Translation of Horace's De Arte Poetica.Edmund Waller
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Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king. They not only find political reasons for the commercial schemes—that they have done for some time past—they also find moral defences for the commercial schemers. ... I do resent the whole age of patronage being revived under such absurd patrons; and all poets becoming court poets, under kings that have taken no oath.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Forty years ago, when Dylan Thomas read, he spent half the program reciting other poets' work. Hardly a self-effacing man, he was nevertheless humble before his art. Today most readings are celebrations less of poetry than of the author's ego. No wonder the audience for such events usually consists entirely of poets, would-be poets, and friends of the author.
Dana Gioia
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests.
Jose Marti
I would say probably half and half. Before you can lose any kind of weight you have to be mentally ready to do it. And then, I would say the other half was finding the right method for me, which was the Subway sandwiches. But, yes, I would say you definitely have to have both and they both have to come in line together.
Jared Fogle
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?
George Eliot
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