Philosopher Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“No man was ever yet a great poet, without at the same time being a profound philosopher.”

— Anonymous

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. For poetry is the blossom and the…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

— William Temple

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

— Henry David Thoreau

No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.

— Katherine Anne Porter

All great poets have been men of great knowledge.

— William C. Bryant

Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail…

— Walt Whitman

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

— George Henry Lewes

I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except…

— Anonymous

There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

“A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his…

— Mark Forsyth