British - Politician | 1615 - 1668
Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
John Denham
GeniusTranslationThanAttemptHis
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
WisdomDelightBooksShouldUse
Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
KnowledgeSearchFindKnowTryNor
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
AgeManYouthKnowBeginningsMay
We are never like angels till our passion dies.
PassionAngelsNeverLikeOurTill
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
PoetryLanguageWillSpiritOut
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