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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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...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

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...

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.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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.

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

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

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

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 excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at...

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at...

Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right...

Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right...