Famous quotes containing the words english and/or poets:
“[He] didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Can you remember? when we thought
the poets taught how to live?”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)