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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On either side...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On either side...

On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There lives more...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There lives more...

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.


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William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

The mightiest lever known to the moral world, imagination.

Source: In Pearls of...

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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: Nor less I...

William Wordsworth: Nor less I...

Nor less I deem that there are powers
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of...

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William Wordsworth: Why art thou...

William Wordsworth: Why art thou...

Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant
Of such weak fibre that the treacherous air
Of absence withers what was...

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William Wordsworth: As a huge...

William Wordsworth: As a huge...

As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie
Couched on the bald top of an eminence.


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William Wordsworth: There was a...

William Wordsworth: There was a...

There was a boy: ye knew him well, ye cliffs
And islands of Winander!


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: That which sets...

William Wordsworth: That which sets...

That which sets . . . The budding rose above the rose full blown.

Source: The...

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William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place
Of...

Thou unassuming common-place
Of Nature, with that homely face.


Source: To the...

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Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had...

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Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Source: In NY Times, 1 Oct 72
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George Gordon Byron: Letter writing is...

George Gordon Byron: Letter writing is...

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Source:...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- Nobody -- Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise...

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Emily Dickinson: My friends are...

Emily Dickinson: My friends are...

My friends are my estate.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by...

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Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at...

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Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

His Labor is a Chant --
His Idleness --a Tune --
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of...

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Robert Frost: A civilized society...

Robert Frost: A civilized society...

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

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Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Purity is obscurity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler,...

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