Leigh Hunt Quotes

Poet

Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist, and journalist, born in October 1784 and died on August 28, 1859. He was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement and is known for his literary contributions and social activism.

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Famous Leigh Hunt Quotes

“The two divinest things this world has got,A lovely woman in a rural spot!”

World Two This World Lovely Spots Lovely Woman

Author:Leigh Hunt

“The very greatest genius, after all, is not the greatest thing in the world, any more than the greatest city in the world is the country or the sky. It is the concentration of some of its greatest powers, but it is not the greatest diffusion of its might. It is not the habit of its success, the stability of its sereneness.”

World Country Might Cities Sky Genius Habit Concentration Stability Cities In The World Diffusion

Book:Leigh Hunt's Works

Source: Leigh Hunt's Works

“Bread, milk and butter are of venerable antiquity. They taste of the morning of the world.”

World Morning Food Taste Bread Culinary Milk Antiquity

Book:The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed

Source: The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed

“There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations.”

World Life Feels Heart Two Spiritual Imagination Lines Two Worlds

Book:Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings

Source: Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings

“There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.”

World Want Wisdom Mistake Greater Perspective Nonsense

Book:The Indicator

Source: The Indicator

About the Author

Born: October 19, 1784
Died: August 28, 1859
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 106

Books & Sources

Table-talk: To which are added Imaginary conversations of Pope and SwiftRelated source material

Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs from His Uncollected Prose WritingsRelated source material

The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and DutyRelated source material

The IndicatorRelated source material

Leigh Hunt's WorksRelated source material

Leigh Hunt's London JournalRelated source material

Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose WritingsRelated source material

The Correspondence of Leigh HuntRelated source material

The SeerRelated source material

The Seer: Or, Common-places RefreshedRelated source material

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