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Quotes by Poet

"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."

"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Endurance, Day, Sorrow, Will

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"Character and fate are two words for the same thing."

"Character and fate are two words for the same thing."

Novalis, German Poet

Character, Fate, Words

9

"The moon seems unawareof night's dark hittingon the damp warm rain misguiding owl's spitting A thunder light of loveraising hearts beatingwhile weather learns morefrom rain lovers meeting."

"The moon seems unawareof night's dark hittingon the damp warm rain misguiding owl's spitting A thunder light of loveraising hearts beatingwhile weather learns morefrom rain lovers meeting."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Poetry, Nature, Romance, Mystery, Emotion

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"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Writing, Art, Dance, Chance

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"Only loyal love knows the sacred path to a faithful heart."

"Only loyal love knows the sacred path to a faithful heart."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Love, Loyalty, Faith, Heart

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"Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper."

"Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper."

Charles Mackay, British Poet

Money, Cause, Delusion, Existence

9

"And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a year from now I'll be more contented working in an office than ever before."

"And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a year from now I'll be more contented working in an office than ever before."

Hart Crane, American Poet

Poetry, Fancy, Now, Office

9

"Love is being stupid together."

"Love is being stupid together."

Paul Valery, French Poet

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"Life consists of what man is thinking about all day."

"Life consists of what man is thinking about all day."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Mind, Thought, Day, Life, Thinking

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"The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery."

"The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery."

Janet Erskine Stuart, English Poet

Persistence, First, Interest

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"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth."

"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth."

Shel Silverstein, American Poet

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"At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete."

"At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Calm, Night, Moon, Peace, Solitude

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"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable."

"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Man, Men, Character, Nothing

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"Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance."

"Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Grief

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"The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment."

"The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Presence, Future, Present, Mindfulness, Focus

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"Death is every mortal's life to be alive!"

"Death is every mortal's life to be alive!"

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Existence, Death, Life, Mortality

9

"Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty."

"Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Life, Beauty, Truth, Poetry

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"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."

"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Unity, Nature, Law

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"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

8

"Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."

"Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Growth, Past, Self-Respect, Power, Experience

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"We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly."

"We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Learning, History, Experience, Reality

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"For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover."

"For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover."

Edwin A. Robinson, American Poet

Man, May, Woman

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"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us."

"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

8

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"

Don Marquis, American Poet

Work, Hardwork, Man

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"Bad literature is a form of treason."

"Bad literature is a form of treason."

Joseph Brodsky, American Poet

Literature, Treason

8

"Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust."

"Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust."

Kenneth Rexroth, American Poet

Contradiction, Angels, Disgust, Ecstasy, Man

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"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Heart, Dawn, Glory

8

"When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experience; the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes."

"When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experience; the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Creativity, Mind, Experience, Chaos

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"An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination."

"An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination."

Andrew Lang, Scottish Poet

Man, Statistics, Support

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"Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past."

"Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past."

Herbert Read, English Poet

8

"Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom."

"Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Freedom, Hate, Envy, People

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"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."

"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."

George Herbert, British Poet

8

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."

John Leonard, Australian Poet

Friendship, Time, Friend, Old

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"If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating."

"If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

Conversation, Eating, Support

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"Every religion should be in favor of humankind."

"Every religion should be in favor of humankind."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Spiritual, Religion, Humanity, Truth, Peace

8

"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."

"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Work, Soul, Right, World

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"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

"Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Soul, Fancy, Tea

8

"A boy said,"Everybody is my friend.Beloved said,"No, not everybody can be your friend. Boy said, "Each one of them is gifted to teach me something new in my life. Beloved said, "I still don't agree. Boy again smilingly said, "Don't divide human, ...divide your soul, you will have everybody as friend. In short, Friends are your own soul divided from you, who will guide you when you will move away from your path."

"A boy said,"Everybody is my friend.Beloved said,"No, not everybody can be your friend. Boy said, "Each one of them is gifted to teach me something new in my life. Beloved said, "I still don't agree. Boy again smilingly said, "Don't divide human, ...divide your soul, you will have everybody as friend. In short, Friends are your own soul divided from you, who will guide you when you will move away from your path."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Friendship, Humanity, Wisdom, Teaching

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"The sum of all sums is eternity."

"The sum of all sums is eternity."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

8

"A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider."

"A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider."

Anne Bradstreet, American Poet

Christian, Adversity, State

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"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Fear, Angels, Fools

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"The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some of the greatest black artists, dancers, singers, musicians, and actors of our time."

"The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some of the greatest black artists, dancers, singers, musicians, and actors of our time."

Guy Johnson, American Poet

Time, Son, Actors, Artists

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"The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess."

"The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess."

Menander, Greek Poet

Beginning, Evil, Excess, Goodness

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"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else."

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves."

"They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

8

"You are the music while the music lasts."

"You are the music while the music lasts."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

8

"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Books, Learning, Madness

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"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

John Milton, English Poet

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"Power and speed be hands and feet."

"Power and speed be hands and feet."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Leadership, Power, Feet

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"What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?"

"What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?"

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Entrepreneurship, Founding

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