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Geoffrey Chaucer: People can die...

Geoffrey Chaucer: People can die...

People can die of mere imagination.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: A poet's autobiography...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: A poet's autobiography...

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can be only a footnote.

Source:...

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Richard Lovelace: Tell me not,...

Richard Lovelace: Tell me not,...

Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,
To war and arms...

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Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Louis Aragon: Light is meaningful...

Louis Aragon: Light is meaningful...

Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which...

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William Wordsworth: My heart leaps...

William Wordsworth: My heart leaps...

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a...

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William Wordsworth: For still, the...

William Wordsworth: For still, the...

For still, the more he works, the more
Do his weak ankles swell.


Source: Simon...

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Tristan Bernard: When we are...

Tristan Bernard: When we are...

When we are not rich enough to be able to purchase happiness, we must not approach too near and gaze on it in shop...

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J August Strindberg: In the old...

J August Strindberg: In the old...

In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend....

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Aphra Behn: There is no...

Aphra Behn: There is no...

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Source: Willmore, in The Rover, act 1, sc....

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Robert Frost: The brain is...

Robert Frost: The brain is...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to...

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William Cowper: Knowledge is proud...

William Cowper: Knowledge is proud...

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no...

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William Cowper: God moves in...

William Cowper: God moves in...

God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Every epoch, under...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Every epoch, under...

Every epoch, under names more or less specious, has deified its peculiar errors.

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Virgil: Fortune sides with...

Virgil: Fortune sides with...

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Source: Aeneid.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15 70BC-19BC),...

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George Gordon Byron: If I don't...

George Gordon Byron: If I don't...

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. . . I do not...

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Pindar: Not every truth...

Pindar: Not every truth...

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to...

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John Clare: I long for...

John Clare: I long for...

I long for scenes where man has never trod;
. . . There to abide with my Creator, God.


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John Donne: Who are a...

John Donne: Who are a...

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Thomas Gray: Far from the...

Thomas Gray: Far from the...

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool...

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