Poetry Quote by Joseph Addison

"No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else"

Joseph Addison, Writer

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This thought-provoking quote is attributed to Joseph Addison, a renowned writer from England. Explore 69 more inspiring quotes by Joseph to discover their perspective on poetry, life, and more.

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Joseph Addison (May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719) was a Writer from England.

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Bob Dylan, Musician

"He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life"

George Sand, Novelist

"Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

"A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand"

Plato, Philosopher

"There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library"

Anthony Hecht, Poet

"I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

"Poetry must be made by all and not by one"

Comte de Lautreamont, Poet

"No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration"

Cicero, Philosopher

"One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry"

Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer

"Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be"

James Broughton, Director

"No bad man can be a good poet"

Boris Pasternak, Novelist

"Frost isn't exactly despised but not enough people have worked out what a brilliant poet he was"

Paul Muldoon, Poet

"Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events"

John Drinkwater, Poet

"No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes"

William E. Gladstone, Leader

"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping"

Norman MacCaig, Poet

"All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet"

Stevie Smith, Poet

"I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

"Always be a poet, even in prose"

Charles Baudelaire, Poet

"If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making"

E. E. Cummings, Poet

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