Poetry Quote by Moliere

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

— Moliere

Poetry is the scholar's art.

— Wallace Stevens

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

— James Payn

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

— Eugenio Montale

“He who teaches the Bible is never a scholar; he is always a student.”

— Elizabeth George

The simple Wordsworth . . . / Who, both by precept and example, shows / That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose.

— Lord Byron

Prose proposes, verse reverses.

— Richard Howard

The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it’s meant also to be sung.

— R. C. Sproul

The vision and the faculty divine; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse.

— William Wordsworth

“A scholar is someone who sticks to things. A poet is someone who uses whatever sticks to him.”

— Barbara Sher

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training…

— Philip Pullman

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

— Edward Thomas