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Quotes by Poet

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

Paul Valery, French Poet

God, Nothing, Nothingness

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"I don't like writing essays or theory."

"I don't like writing essays or theory."

Adrian Mitchell, British Poet

Theory, Writing

10

"For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is."

"For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

10

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

Work, Attention

10

"It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers."

"It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Compassion, Crisis, Empathy, Humanity, Kindness

10

"Slogans seem to be dead, this world is now busy chanting fears of lost democracy."

"Slogans seem to be dead, this world is now busy chanting fears of lost democracy."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Politics, Democracy, Chaos, Society

10

"Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using."

"Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using."

Samuel Daniel, English Poet

Love, Remedies, Sickness

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"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

"Nothing happens unless first we dream."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Dream, First, Nothing

10

"Philosophy will clip an angel's wings."

"Philosophy will clip an angel's wings."

John Keats, English Poet

Philosophy, Will

10

"Endure the present, and watch for better things."

"Endure the present, and watch for better things."

Virgil, Roman Poet

10

"The high prize of life the crowning fortune of man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness."

"The high prize of life the crowning fortune of man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Life, Happiness, Pursuit, Employment

10

"American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality."

"American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Equality, Society, Meaning

10

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Man, Men, Appearance

10

"When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression."

"When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Oppression, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

10

"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach."

"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

10

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Hope, Books, May

9

"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."

"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."

John Milton, English Poet

Perspective, Covetousness, Modesty

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"Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed."

"Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed."

Edward Young, English Poet

9

"Learn from the ants- how a tiny heart is big enough to love, help and care about another living existence."

"Learn from the ants- how a tiny heart is big enough to love, help and care about another living existence."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Compassion, Love, Help, Care, Heart

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"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes."

"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."

"Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."

William Blake, English Poet

Delight, Energy

9

"Man kills, the things he love the most, sometimes by the virtue of hatred, crime, anger and war and sometimes by dramatizing his activities. But he is not aware that his killings are his own self-image."

"Man kills, the things he love the most, sometimes by the virtue of hatred, crime, anger and war and sometimes by dramatizing his activities. But he is not aware that his killings are his own self-image."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Conflict, Hate, Self-Image, Violence, Anger

9

"The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower."

"The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Failure, Strength, Difference, First

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"Nobody can stop natural disaster, we are the cause and we are the remedy."

"Nobody can stop natural disaster, we are the cause and we are the remedy."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Environment, Responsibility, Action, Nature

9

"The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something."

"The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something."

Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet

9

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."

William Congreve, English Poet

Love, Hatred, Heaven, Hell

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"There are several theories on sex and all of them are lies."

"There are several theories on sex and all of them are lies."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Philosophy, Sex, Myth, Lies, Truth

9

"But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity."

"But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Poetry, Life, Religion, Time

9

"Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres."

"Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres."

John Dryden, English Poet

Body, Shame, Spirit

9

"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Family, Fathers, Land

9

"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."

"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."

Andre Breton, French Poet

9

"And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses."

"And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

Life, Beds, Roses

9

"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."

"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."

Aime Cesaire, French Poet

Knowledge, Silence

9

"The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends."

"The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Innocence, Happiness, Truth, Today, Inspirational

9

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

Richard Howard, American Poet

Help, Respect, Teachers

9

"On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place."

"On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

Fact, Influence, Ireland, Writers

9

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm."

"There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Enthusiasm, Eloquence

9

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

9

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Education, Fire

9

"You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it."

"You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Ethics, Lie, Love, Truth, Wisdom

9

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Friendship, Friend, Relatives, Worth

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"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."

"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."

Torquato Tasso, Italian Poet

9

"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."

"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."

Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet

9

"The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right."

"The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Minority, Majority, Right, Wrong

9

"He only profits from praise who values criticism."

"He only profits from praise who values criticism."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Values, Criticism, Praise

9

"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat."

"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat."

Robert Frost, American Poet

9

"Good taste is the worst vice ever invented."

"Good taste is the worst vice ever invented."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

9

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop."

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop."

Ovid, Roman Poet

9

"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry."

"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry."

James Laughlin, American Poet

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