Words are things; and a small drop of ink
Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Lord Byron (1788-1824)
When I feel inclined to read poetry, I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by the attrition of ages. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., writer and physician (1809-1894)
The man who fights for his ideals is the man who is alive. Cervantes
"Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. "
Jonathan Swift The Battle of the Books (preface)
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