A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
Poetry Quotes
Poets are born, not made.
The tongue of a poet is always the last to be corrupted.
Good poets are like angels of Heaven.
He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks.
I think it better that in times like these a poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.
Verses, which do not teach men new and moving truths, do not deserve to be read.
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
The art of life, of a poet’s life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.
