“A poet who reads his own verse in public may have other nasty habits.”
Robert Heinlein
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
Mark Twain
“For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so.”
Catullus
“Nothing whips my blood like verse.”
William Carlos Williams
“Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.”
Alfred De Musset
“[Russell] Baker writes columns as a poet writes light verse-with tongue in cheek and a steady hand.”
Thomas D'Evelyn
“Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.”
Voltaire
