English inspirational quotes and short English poems about culture

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl, French writer) A novel is like a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl, French writer) A novel is like a mirror walking along a main road. mirror. (French writer Stendhal)

Art is a lie that tells the truth. (Picasso, Spanish painter) Art is a lie that tells the truth. (Spanish painter Picasso)

Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain, American novelist) Humor has been correctly interpreted as expressing feelings with sincerity and incorporating deep thoughts into laughter. (American novelist Mark Twain)

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep in their downward tendency.(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet) The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep in their downward tendency.(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet) of decline. The two went downhill at the same time. (German poet Goethe. J. W.)

When one loves one's art no service seems too hard. (O. Henry, American novelist) Once one loves one's art, no service seems too hard. (American novelist O. Henry)

A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet) fountain. (British poet Shelley P B)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl, French writer) A novel is like a mirror walking along a main road. (French writer Stendhal)

A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, ancient Roman poet) A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, the ancient Roman poet)

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (E.de Goncourt, French writer) A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. , he set up a ladder to the stars and played the violin while climbing the ladder. (French writer Goncourt E)

A poet is born, not made. (L.A.Florus, Ancient Roman poet) A poet relies on talent, not training. (Ancient Roman poet Floro L A)

Any one who conducts an argument by appealing to authourity is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. (Da Vinci, Italian painter) People who come to debate are not using their intelligence, they are using their memory.

(Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci)