"If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry."

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Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

John Drinkwater

#Imperfect Quotes #Circumstances Quotes #Values Quotes

“In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness.”
“I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier.”

Source : "Matt Smith Talks DOCTOR WHO, Having Dinosaurs on the Show, His Thoughts on a DOCTOR WHO Movie and More at Comic-Con". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2012.
“People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds.”
“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”
“The important thing was that I was still on the radio.”
“You can't get blood from a stone.”
“How few are our real wants! and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.477
“There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.”

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