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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and...

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The true poem rests between the words.

The true poem rests between the words.

To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at...

To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at...