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John Wain Quotes

1925–1994 England

John Barrington Wain (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was a British poet, anthologist and journalist.

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This book — amber-clear, cool and with a good head — deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who never drink.

As given in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988)

How much of our literature, our political life, our friendships and love affairs, depend on being able to talk peacefully in a bar!

As given in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988)

Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.

The lesson is that dying men must groan;
And poets groan in rhymes that please the ear.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Wain (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.