"Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle." ― Edwin Hubbel Chapin Topic(s): Poetry More From Edwin Hubbel Chapin "The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it." "The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant." "Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be." More In Poetry "Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life’s true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates."― Franz Grillparzer "If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."― David Carradine "A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote."― Yevgeny Yevtushenko