Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Quote by Don Marquis

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A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...