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Quotes by Poet

"There's nothing wicked in Shakespeare, and if there is I don't want to know it."

"There's nothing wicked in Shakespeare, and if there is I don't want to know it."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Interpretation, Literature, Morality, Innocence, Perception

25

"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

25

"At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island."

"At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Adaptability, First, Man, Weight

25

"Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today."

"Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today."

John Dryden, English Poet

Personal, Today, Tomorrow

25

"I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me."

"I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

Sense, Artists, Senses

25

"Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle."

"Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Music, Battle, Soldiers, Weddings

25

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Education, Ability, Losing, Self

25

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come."

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Identity, Clouds, Forgetfulness, Glory, Sleep

25

"No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart."

"No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

25

"Tears are the noble language of the eye."

"Tears are the noble language of the eye."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Eye, Language, Tears

25

"It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it."

"It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Justice, Equality, Rights, Truth

25

"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears."

"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears."

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet

25

"Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself."

"Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself."

James Schuyler, American Poet

25

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

25

"Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed."

"Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed."

Saunders Lewis, Welsh Poet

Revolution, Language, Nothing, Succeed

25

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Deception, Fraud, Honor, Succeed

25

"Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too."

"Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too."

Horace, Roman Poet

Travel, Darkness, Road

25

"A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam."

"A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Travel, First, Nothing, Right, Sight

25

"None but yourself who are your greatest foe."

"None but yourself who are your greatest foe."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Self, Enemy, Strength, Conflict

25

"A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant."

"A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Man, May, Will, Woman

25

"All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls...."

"All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls...."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Tears, Pearls, Emotion, Suffering

25

"I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit."

"I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Love, Religion, Church, Mosque

25

"This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us."

"This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Love, Uniqueness, Emotion, Connection

25

"Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge."

"Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Learning, Open-mindedness

25

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Connection, Word, Truth, Communication

25

"I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full."

"I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Emotion, Grief, Pain, Sadness

25

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Knowledge, Virtue

25

"Who quick be to borrow and slow be to pay, their credit is naught, go they ever so gay."

"Who quick be to borrow and slow be to pay, their credit is naught, go they ever so gay."

Thomas Tusser, English Poet

Economy, Credit, Gay, Quick

25

"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed."

"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Education, Facts, Information, Learning

25

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

25

"How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance."

"How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Ignorance, Reputation

25

"Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are."

"Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

25

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

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

Virgil, Roman Poet

Society, May, Sheep

25

"Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation."

"Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation."

Philip Massinger, British Poet

Conflict, Credit, Malice

25

"Ignorance is a terrible thing. It causes families to lose their center and causes people to lose their control. Ignorance knows no binds. Old people, young people, middle-aged, black, white, can all be ignorant."

"Ignorance is a terrible thing. It causes families to lose their center and causes people to lose their control. Ignorance knows no binds. Old people, young people, middle-aged, black, white, can all be ignorant."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Ignorance, Family, Control, People

25

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"

"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"

Philip Larkin, English Poet

People, Popularity, Unhappiness, Writing

25

"When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something."

"When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Growth, Man, Learning

25

"Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free."

"Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Courage, Fearlessness, Joy, Freedom

25

"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."

"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Patience, Peace, Mind

25

"He who would search for pearls must dive below."

"He who would search for pearls must dive below."

John Dryden, English Poet

Writing, Pearls

25

"As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life."

"As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Life, Feelings, Heart, Ecstasy

25

"It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then."

"It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then."

Richard Armour, American Poet

Conversation, Now, Right

25

"This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed."

"This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Change, Life, Bed, Desire

25

"I've written you sixty-seven love poems.Here's another one for you.But really, for me.These poems are the candles that I light with the fire you have ignited in me.I place this candle here and another thereso even if the stars have argued with the moonand are sulking away in a corner, you can still find your way to me.Sixty-eight poems now. What does the future hold for us?Joy? Disappointment? Gentle caresses? And subtle neglect?I hope the good is more than the bad. Much more. For what is the point of loveif by lighting these candlesour own flame loses its brightness?I know the good is more than the bad. Much more.I cannot wait to write you sixty-nine."

"I've written you sixty-seven love poems.Here's another one for you.But really, for me.These poems are the candles that I light with the fire you have ignited in me.I place this candle here and another thereso even if the stars have argued with the moonand are sulking away in a corner, you can still find your way to me.Sixty-eight poems now. What does the future hold for us?Joy? Disappointment? Gentle caresses? And subtle neglect?I hope the good is more than the bad. Much more. For what is the point of loveif by lighting these candlesour own flame loses its brightness?I know the good is more than the bad. Much more.I cannot wait to write you sixty-nine."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Poetry, Love, Hope, Future

25

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."

John Milton, English Poet

24

"If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead."

"If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Loyalty, Friendship, Trust, Truth

24

"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."

"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Man, Men, Wealth

24

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

24

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

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

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Direction, Fame, Name, Now

24

"Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity."

"Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity."

William Blake, English Poet

Old, Prudence, Ugly

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