If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Emily Dickinson
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poetry is indispensable –if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau
Poetry is indispensable –if I only knew what for.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Jean Cocteau
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth — the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth — the true poet is very near the oracle.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry should only occupy the idle. Lord Byron
Poetry should only occupy the idle.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Lord Byron
Poetry is life distilled. Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry is life distilled.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. Maxwell Bodenheim
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Maxwell Bodenheim
Any healthy man can go without food for two days — but not without poetry. Charles Baudelaire
Any healthy man can go without food for two days — but not without poetry.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Charles Baudelaire
I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. John Barrymore
I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by John Barrymore
Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. W. H. Auden
Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by W. H. Auden
Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle
Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully.Poetry and PoetsQuotations by Aristotle
A young man of pleasure is a man of pains. Young
A young man of pleasure is a man of pains.PleasureQuotations by Young
All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. Alexander Woollcott
All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.PleasureQuotations by Alexander Woollcott
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. Marina Warner
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.PleasureQuotations by Marina Warner
Work is often the father of pleasure. Voltaire
Work is often the father of pleasure.PleasureQuotations by Voltaire
Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. Voltaire
Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.PleasureQuotations by Voltaire
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. Virgil
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.PleasureQuotations by Virgil
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Harold J. Smith
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.PleasureQuotations by Harold J. Smith
So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come. Seneca
So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.PleasureQuotations by Seneca
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. Seneca
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.PleasureQuotations by Seneca
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. John D. Rockefeller
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.PleasureQuotations by John D. Rockefeller
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. American Proverb
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.PleasureQuotations by American Proverb
Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain. Proverb
Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.PleasureQuotations by Proverb
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. Plato
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.PleasureQuotations by Plato
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. John Petit-Senn
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.PleasureQuotations by John Petit-Senn
To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. Blaise Pascal
To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.PleasureQuotations by Blaise Pascal
Scratching is one of nature’s sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Scratching is one of nature’s sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand.PleasureQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. Moliere
It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.PleasureQuotations by Moliere
Pleasure that isn’t paid for is as insipid as everything else that’s free. Anita Loos
Pleasure that isn’t paid for is as insipid as everything else that’s free.PleasureQuotations by Anita Loos
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Little
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.PleasureQuotations by Mary Little
God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain. C. S. Lewis
God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.PleasureQuotations by C. S. Lewis
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.PleasureQuotations by Soren Kierkegaard
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. Samuel Johnson
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.PleasureQuotations by Samuel Johnson
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? Samuel Johnson
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?PleasureQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas Jefferson
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.PleasureQuotations by Thomas Jefferson
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. Aldous Huxley
Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.PleasureQuotations by Aldous Huxley
Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business. Raymond Hitchcock
Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.PleasureQuotations by Raymond Hitchcock
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. Benjamin Franklin
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.PleasureQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.PleasureQuotations by Epictetus