Anne elliot Quote by Jane Austen

It was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone…

— Jane Austen

“...it was a misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely.”

— Jane Austen

“that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong…

— Jane Austen

“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to…

— Jane Austen

Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.

— Anonymous

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than…

— Orson F. Whitney

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to…

— Honore de Balzac

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

— Horace Walpole

It is good sometimes for poetry to disenchant us.

— Robert Hass

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it…

— Mark Strand

I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.

— Hortense Calisher

Poetry is a dangerous profession between conflict and resolution, between feeling and thought, between becoming and being, between the ultra-personal and the universal -…

— May Sarton