“ I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem. Dannie Abse Poet
“ Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. Dannie Abse Poet
“ Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves. Euripides Writer
“ On Christmas day you can't get sore, your fellow man you must adore. There's time to cheat him all the more the other three hundred and sixty-four Tom Lehrer Singer-Songwriter
“ Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men. Quintus Ennius Writer
“ The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. Edgar Allan Poe Author
“ My wife would not speak evil of ... anyone ... without cause. Joseph is a liar and not she. That Smith admired and lusted after many men's wives and daughters, is a fact, but they could not help that. They or most of them considered his admiration an insult, and treated him with scorn. In return for this scorn, he generally managed to blacken their reputations - see the case of... Mrs. Pratt, a good, virtuous woman. William Law Writer