When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of ages.
タグ: poets-and-poetry

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When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?
タグ: women, wisdom
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
タグ: life, faith, enthusiasm
When the style is fully formed, if it has a sweet undersong, we call it beautiful, and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax.
タグ: writers-and-writing
Man has his will, - but woman has her way.
タグ: women
Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.
タグ: women
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