“There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.”

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”

“I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar and often convincing.”

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.”

“There are only two ways, as you know, of becoming civilized. One is by being cultured, the other is by being corrupt.”

“Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.”

“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize”