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John Betjeman Quotes

Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
English Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
August 28, 1906
Date of Death:
May 19, 1984
Nationality:
English
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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
John Betjeman

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
John Betjeman

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
John Betjeman

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
John Betjeman

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.
John Betjeman

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
John Betjeman


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