"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." ― Plutarch Topic(s): Poetry More From Plutarch "Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord." "The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil." "Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage." More In Poetry "I don’t like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country."― Will Cuppy "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."― Thomas Paine "It’s not easy to define poetry."― Bob Dylan