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William Hazlitt1778–1830

William Hazlitt on poetry

All that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.

William Hazlitt

Lectures on the English Poets (1818), Lecture I, “On Poetry in General”

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 89
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Grace has been defined the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
The Round Table (1815-1817), “On Manner”
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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Reflections on the Psalms

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