Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.