“Not every poet is a great reader of his own work.”
David Yezzi (1966) American poet
Interview with Ernest Hibert (2006)
The Future of Architecture (1953)
“Not every poet is a great reader of his own work.”
David Yezzi (1966) American poet
Interview with Ernest Hibert (2006)
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) Middle High German lyric poet
H. G. Atkins, in Edgar Prestage (ed.) Chivalry (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1928) pp. 99-100.
Praise
“Great among the Great Filipino Scholars.. He was recognized as the foremost scholar of his time.”
Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928) Filipino politician
Zaide, Gregorio F. 1965. Epifanio de los Santos: Great among the great Filipino scholars. In Great Filipinos in history. 88: 575-581.
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George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
As quoted in Conversations of Lord Byron with Thomas Medwin (1832), Preface.
John Hall (1829–1898) Presbyterian pastor from Northern Ireland in New York, died 1898
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 411.
John Locke book Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Sec. 71; Note: Here Locke quotes Juvenal
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: He that will have his son have a respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. Maxima debetur pueris reverentia [The greatest respect is owed to the children].
“The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.”
Georg Brandes (1842–1927) Danish literature critic and scholar
[paraphrasing Nietzsche] p. 11
An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism (1889)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1849/feb/01/address-in-answer-to-the-speech in the House of Commons (1 February 1849). <br class="br">1840s