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Bards Quotes

From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept.

From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept.

Samuel Johnson
Drama, Passion, Bards
Samuel Johnson (1836). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.551

The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Made, Bards, Commandments
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1856). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions”, p.329

It doesn't matter how you live and die, it's how the bards wrote it down.

Terry Pratchett
Matter, Bards, Dies

Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.

Aphra Behn
Learning, Spokes, Bards
Aphra Behn (1871). “Plays”, p.255

Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.

Jose Marti
People, Inspire, Bards
"Poesia". Essay by Jose Marti, 1891.

Oh! blame not the bard.

Thomas More
Blame, Bards

Bards were terrible at keeping secrets. They insisted on putting them to music.

Tanya Huff
Keeping Secrets, Secret, Bards
Tanya Huff (2015). “Sing the Four Quarters”, p.36, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to.

Lloyd Alexander
Girl, Mind, Bards
Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.74, Usborne Publishing Ltd

I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.

George Crabbe
Paint, Bards
'The Village' (1783) bk. 1, l. 53

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