“Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar have his despicable tongue cut out!” WorldMayRealCuttingTongueLiarsEverlastingDespicableLasting LoveEverlasting LoveReal True Author:Mikhail Bulgakov
“Reading one's own poems aloud is letting the cat out of the bag. You may have always suspected bits of a poem to be overweighted, overviolent, or daft, and then, suddenly, with the poet's tongue around them, your suspicion is made certain.” MayMadeCertainReadingBitsPoetCatTongueBagsSuspicionDaft Author:Dylan Thomas
“Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.” MindWellsHeartMayStillsFacesWishSecretWatchesCitizensTongueCheerfulSpearsGood Wishes Author:Solon
“Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.” WorldMayLongTogetherLastsDiesLanguageLinesFailingPoetBoundsTongueEnvyVainVersesProphecyBoast Author:Edmund Waller