Bed Quote by Anonymous

A gladiator's first distraction is his last.

— Oenomaus

The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though…

— William Wordsworth

The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh…

— Soren Kierkegaard

We poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness.

— Anonymous

“He took my hand, and pulled me into his living room where a book was open on his sofa. It was poetry, of course,…

— Cora Carmack

We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

— William Wordsworth

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Kierkegaard was once asked, 'What is a poet?' He answered that a poet was an unhappy man whose moans and cries of anguish were…

— Langdon Brown Gilkey

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy,…

— William Wordsworth

A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Critics are much madder than poets... Poetry is sane because it floats easily in an infinite sea; reason seeks to cross the infinite sea,…

— Chesterton, G.K