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Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Why came I so untimely forth
Into a world which, wanting thee,
Could entertain us with no worth
Or shadow of...

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Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Though with judgment we on things reflect,
Our will determines, not our intellect.


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Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the...

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Source: A Precocious...

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Jenny Joseph: When I am...

Jenny Joseph: When I am...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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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: All good poetry...

William Wordsworth: All good poetry...

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in...

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J August Strindberg: I loathe people...

J August Strindberg: I loathe people...

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Source: In Readers'...

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Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...

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Robert Browning: And gain is...

Robert Browning: And gain is...

And gain is gain, however small.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Ovid: Those things that...

Ovid: Those things that...

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your...

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Alexander Pope: There is a...

Alexander Pope: There is a...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Source: Locksley Hall, 143.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Virgil: It never troubles...

Virgil: It never troubles...

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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George Gordon Byron: Opinions are made...

George Gordon Byron: Opinions are made...

Opinions are made to be changed -- or how is truth to be got at?

Source: Letter, 9...

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Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . ....

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