Verse Quotes

326 Verse quotes by 251 unique authors

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore
France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always… — Charles Baudelaire
The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. — Paul Cezanne
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and… — Nicolas Chamfort
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. — Tracy Chapman
I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard… — Leonard Cohen
A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you… — Deepak Chopra
Time, ain't nothin, but time. It's a verse with no rhyme, and it all comes down to you. — Jon Bon Jovi
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame;… — William Blake
Universe is just a verse of me, I keep it generic and the niggas take it personally. — Drake
I recently bought a book of free verse. For twelve dollars. — George Carlin
This is a huge step toward unraveling Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1-what happened in the beginning. This is a Genesis machine. It'll help to recreate… — Michio Kaku
Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe. — Alexander Pope
A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the… — Andre Maurois
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations,… — Harry S. Truman
Children read to learn - even when they are reading fantasy, nonsense, light verse, comics or the copy on cereal packets, they are expanding their… — Joan Aiken
Why do you need a voice when you have a verse? — Jim Elliot
The Lord Buddha was once asked by a disciple to sum up the whole of His teaching in one verse. He replied: Cease to do… — Arthur E. Powell
I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. — Victor Hugo
Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is… — Yip Harburg
In the camp, this meant committing my verse-many thousands of lines-to memory. To help me with this I improvised decimal counting beads and, in transit… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously… — Jean de la Bruyere
They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's. — A. E. Housman
I assure you, my children, that when a Christian carries out with love the most insignificant everyday action, that action overflows with the transcendence of… — Josemaria Escriva
The vision and the faculty divine; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse. — William Wordsworth

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