No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

Quote by C Day Lewis

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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that...

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that...

Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore...

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore...

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will...

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

No matter where you go, always do your duty as you see it and know...

No matter where you go, always do your duty as you see it and know...

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What...

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Gray is a crown of splendor: it is attained by a righteous life.

Gray is a crown of splendor: it is attained by a righteous life.