Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking

Quote by John Wain

Topics: Poetry Quotes

This book-amber-clear, cool and with a good head-deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who...

This book-amber-clear, cool and with a good head-deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who...

You do not drink soup with a knife.

You do not drink soup with a knife.

Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.

Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the...

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the...

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy...

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve...

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve...

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber...

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber...

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy...

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy...

And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;...

And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;...

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and...

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and...

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to...

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to...

Neither drink (coffee or tea) was known in Frankish lands, but seated in the coffeehouses,...

Neither drink (coffee or tea) was known in Frankish lands, but seated in the coffeehouses,...

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,...

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he...

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he...

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.