Let the poet always walk thus

Quote by Alfred Victor Vigny

Topics: Poets Quotes

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without...

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and...

It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

If the grain were separated from the chaff, which fills the works of our national...

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth...

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth...

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Poets are born, not made

Poets are born, not made

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip...