Quotes by occupation

Poet quotes

T. S. Eliot quote: “A toothache, or a violent passion, is…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A tremendous number of people in America…”

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Quotes from writers

Thomas Paine quote: “A thing moderately good is not so…”

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde quote: “A thing is not necessarily true because…”

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Ancient wisdom

Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: “A tear dries quickly when it is…”

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Quotes from writers

Washington Irving quote: “A tart temper never mellows with age…”

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Poet quotes

Walter Savage Landor quote: “A solitude is the audience-chamber of God…”

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Ancient wisdom

Sophocles quote: “A soul that is kind and intends…”

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Ancient wisdom

Sophocles quote: “A state is not a state if…”

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Ancient wisdom

Sophocles quote: “A short saying often contains much wisdom…”

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Poet quotes

Samuel Butler quote: “A skillful leech is better far, than…”

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Graham Greene

Graham Greene quote: “A solitary laugh is often a laugh…”

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James M. Barrie

James M. Barrie quote: “A safe but sometimes chilly way of…”

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Quotes from writers

William Strunk, Jr. quote: “A sentence should contain no unnecessary words…”

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Quotes from writers

Washington Irving quote: “A sharp tongue is the only edge…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A real book is not one that…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A professor is someone who talks in…”

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Poet quotes

William F. DeVault quote: “A quote is just a tattoo on…”

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Statesman

Winston Churchill quote: “A politician needs the ability to foretell…”

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Statesman

Winston Churchill quote: “A prisoner of war is a man…”

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Poet quotes

Thomas Moore quote: “A pretty wife is something for the…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A poet is a professional maker of…”

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Love quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A poet is, before anything else, a…”

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Poet quotes

Wallace Stevens quote: “A poet looks at the world the…”

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde quote: “A poet can survive everything but a…”

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Poet quotes

Wallace Stevens quote: “A poem need not have a meaning…”

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Poet quotes

W. H. Auden quote: “A poet can write about a man…”

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Graham Greene

Graham Greene quote: “A petty reason perhaps why novelists more…”

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Love quotes

William Butler Yeats quote: “A pity beyond all telling is hid…”

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Poet quotes

T. S. Eliot quote: “A play should give you something to…”

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