When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.

Quote by Dame Edith Sitwell

Topics: Appearance Quotes

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

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, like whores, are only hated by each other

Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

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,...

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

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

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Browns Body was a step in...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

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...

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...