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Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the...

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May Swenson: I was the...

May Swenson: I was the...

I was the horse and the rider . . .

Source: The Centaur, Sts. I & 2, To Mix with...

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Novalis: The artist belongs...

Novalis: The artist belongs...

The artist belongs to their work, not the work to the artist.

Source: In The...

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William Watson: Pain with the...

William Watson: Pain with the...

Pain with the thousand teeth.

Source: The Dream of Man.
-- William Watson, (Aug...

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Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets...

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: But what if...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: But what if...

But what if it doesn't work ... ?
and they jammed sticks
In the wheels of the first locomotive
To make sure...

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Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone,
That never mused on sorrow but its own.


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Rupert Brooke: Now, God be...

Rupert Brooke: Now, God be...

Now, God be thanked who has matched us with His hour,
And caught our youth, and wakened us from...

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Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
Secretly armed against all death's endeavour;
Safe though all...

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Rupert Brooke: For Cambridge people...

Rupert Brooke: For Cambridge people...

For Cambridge people rarely smile,
Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.


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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for...

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Ogden Nash: If called by...

Ogden Nash: If called by...

If called by a panther,
don't anther.


Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...

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Ogden Nash: Some tortures are...

Ogden Nash: Some tortures are...

Some tortures are physical and some are mental, but the one that's both is dental.

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Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe.

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Novalis: Where children are,...

Novalis: Where children are,...

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Novalis: Only an artist...

Novalis: Only an artist...

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.


Source: In...

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Antonin Artaud: There is in...

Antonin Artaud: There is in...

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom...

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Antonin Artaud: So long as...

Antonin Artaud: So long as...

So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to...

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