Please Quote by Horace

“I wish you may profit by my experience. Alas, how much time have I lost and wasted, which, had I been wise—I would have…

— John Newton

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one…

— Lucille Clifton

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

— Horace

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.

— Horace

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.

— Horace

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

— Horace

He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.

— Horace

“Don’t let the bad times get you down, You have some of those moments where life tells you, it’s time to cry. Without those,…

— Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side

Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.

— Karl Shapiro

Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

— William Wordsworth

There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would…

— Michael Chabon

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural…

— Aberjhani