Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Quote by Alfred Victor Vigny

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

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...

Let the poet always walk thus

Let the poet always walk thus

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what...

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what...

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

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...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at...

To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at...

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of...

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

The poet only desires exaltation and expansion. The poet only asks to get his head...

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

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.

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

He is the poet of solitude.

He is the poet of solitude.

Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as...

Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...