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Pindar: Every gift, though...

Pindar: Every gift, though...

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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Francesco Petrarch: Who naught suspects...

Francesco Petrarch: Who naught suspects...

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Dante: Worldly fame is...

Dante: Worldly fame is...

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes...

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Thomas Gray: Too poor for...

Thomas Gray: Too poor for...

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a...

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Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Who with a little cannot be content,
endures an everlasting punishment.


Source:...

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Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

Source: The Poetical Works...

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Robert Burns: There is no...

Robert Burns: There is no...

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Source: Attributed.
-- Robert...

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Robert Burns: The best laid...

Robert Burns: The best laid...

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd...

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Robert Burns: Some rhyme a...

Robert Burns: Some rhyme a...

Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash;
Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash;
Some rhyme to court the country...

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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Make no sound,...

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Make no sound,...

Make no sound, do not speak: eyes, heart, mind dreams are about to explore a forest . . . . A secret but tangible...

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Thomas Campbell: Tis distance lends...

Thomas Campbell: Tis distance lends...

Tis distance lends enchantment to the view
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.


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Joyce Kilmer: The air is...

Joyce Kilmer: The air is...

The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings
The happy earth looks at the sky
And...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: The rich man...

Cecil Frances Alexander: The rich man...

The rich man in his castle,
the poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
and ordered their...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: When the friends...

Cecil Frances Alexander: When the friends...

When the friends we love the best
Lie in their churchyard bed,
We must not cry to bitterly
Over the happy...

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Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Source: In The...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: For the godly...

Caius Valerius Catullus: For the godly...

For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so.

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Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

I am unjust, but I can strive for justice.
My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
I, the unloving, say...

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Jean de la Fontaine: He told me...

Jean de la Fontaine: He told me...

He told me never to sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Source:...

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Diane Wakoski: The best young...

Diane Wakoski: The best young...

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first...

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George Moses Horton: My genius from...

George Moses Horton: My genius from...

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power...

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