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

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

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...

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.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

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...

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

Poets treat their experiences shamelessly; they exploit them

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.

He is the poet of solitude.

He is the poet of solitude.

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

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...

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they...

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they...

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

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...