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Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

— Joseph Roux Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.

Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919)

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Michael Faraday

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