To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Nommer un objet, c’est supprimer les trois quarts de la jouissance du poème qui est faite du bonheur de deviner peu à peu : le suggérer, voilà le rêve.

Jules Huret

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Topic

Names Poetry

Speaker

Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret

Language

French

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.

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In the life of each of us, I said to myself there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Inner life

Author

Sarah Orne Jewett
Language
English
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Country of the Pointed Firs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896, ch. 15.

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Jewett, Sarah Orne. "The Country of the Pointed Firs." The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 15.

Another quote about Poetry

Among all men on Earth, bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the Muse has taught them songs, and loves the race of bards.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Poets Poetry Stories
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Odysseus

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 9th century BC
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Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 8, l. 479-481

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 8, l. 479-481.

Another quote originally in French

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Voltaire

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Topic
Approaching death

Author

Voltaire
Language
French
Time
1778 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Voltaire. Note to his secretary, Jean-Louis Wagniere. 28 Feb. 1778.