I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
About Irving Layton
Irving Peter Layton, OCwas a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his “tell it like it is” style which won him a wide following but also made him enemies.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
We love in another’s soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
My neighbor doesn’t want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
Romanian-born Canadian poet
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.
Romanian-born Canadian poet