The cliche is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in cliches, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions. -Gerald Brenan

 

The cliche is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in cliches, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Gerald Brenan quotes in our collection. Gerald Brenan is known for saying 'The cliche is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in cliches, so that English literature is always in danger of being poisoned by its own secretions.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

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Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values. -Gerald Brenan
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The cliche is dead poetry.

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