Poetry/history

Famous quotes containing the words poetry and/or history:

“Poetry is essentially the antithesis of Metaphysics: Metaphysics purge the mind of the senses and cultivate the disembodiment of the spiritual; Poetry is all passionate and feeling and animates the inanimate; Metaphysics are most perfect when concerned with universals; Poetry, when most concerned with particulars.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)