Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

Quote by Robert Graves

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Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is...

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and...

I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and...

People hate what they can't conquer, envy what they can't get, and destroy what they...

People hate what they can't conquer, envy what they can't get, and destroy what they...

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...