Famous quotes containing the words poetic and/or language:
“You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Though language forms the preacher,
‘Tis “good works” make the man.”
—Eliza Cook (1818–1889)