ARION, of Methymna, in Lesbos, a semi-legendary poet and musician, friend of Periander, tyrant of Corinth. He flourished about 625 b.c.
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It is amazing that our souls -- our eternal essences, with all their hopes an dreams and visions of an eternal world -- are contained within these temporal bodies. Go to Quote / Comment
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night. Go to Quote / Comment
A lot of children know absolutely nothing about guns other than what they see on T.V., and those are the wrong things. Go to Quote / Comment
Poets generally love cats -- because poets have no delusions about their own superiority. Go to Quote / Comment
Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely. Go to Quote / Comment