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A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say. "May new sufferings torment your soul."

– Soren KierkegaardRate it:

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

– AnonymousRate it:

A poet is what I want to be one day, and there will be no good ideas for me on what to write down, but I will do my best to do a lot of thinking like an industrious person.” ~ Naad-Dre Amos

– Naad-Dre AmosRate it:

A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.

– H.L. MenckenRate it:

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

– James Russell LowellRate it:

A poet that reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

– Robert A. HeinleinRate it:

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

– Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1978Rate it:

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can be only a footnote.

– Yevgeny Aleksandrovich YevtushenkoRate it:

A poet's first contract is with truth.

– Vanna BontaRate it:

A poet's hope to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere.

– W. H. AudenRate it:

A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.

– E. B. WhiteRate it:

A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.

– Harry NilssonRate it:

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

– Bryant McGillRate it:

A political party, like a religious sect, does not aim to change us, but it is our duty to transform and modify the new directions it will take in the near future.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

A political Profession is the mother of all Professions; unfortunately, many countries do not respect that.

– Ehsan SehgalRate it:

A political speech pleases all. Those who agree with it, think it over and those who don't are glad it's over

– S. S. BiddleRate it:

A politician can be your son, uncle or even your cousin; they are just simple people like you.

– Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:

A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.

– Ivern BallRate it:

A politician is a person who thinks twice before he says nothing.

– Joe MooreRate it:

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

– Adlai Stevenson IRate it:

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

– Henry Louis MenckenRate it:

A politician is an arse upon which everybody has sat except a man

– E. E. CummingsRate it:

A politician is an ass upon which everyone has sat except a man.

– E. E. CummingsRate it:

A politician is like quicksilver if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it.

– Austin O'MalleyRate it:

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