The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Quote by Robert Graves

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The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

What we now call finance is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as...

What we now call finance is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as...

Why do men so eagerly take the leash of marriage into their mouths as if...

Why do men so eagerly take the leash of marriage into their mouths as if...

I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of...

I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of...

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I...

I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I...

Intuition is an institution of inspiration and to have it in life, all a person...

Intuition is an institution of inspiration and to have it in life, all a person...