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"I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream."

"I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, Purpose, America

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"Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things."

"Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Speech, Eloquence, Talking

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"She lit fire to the bridges and forts she built all these years, and she walked into it smiling and tears rolling down her cheeks."

"She lit fire to the bridges and forts she built all these years, and she walked into it smiling and tears rolling down her cheeks."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Growth, Courage, Loss, Resilience, Acceptance

23

"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."

"It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

23

"Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head."

"Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Leadership, Soldiers, Will

23

"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm."

"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

23

"We are too undemanding, too ready to watch whatever is on the screen, too lonely, lazy, or bored to create our own lives. We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us."

"We are too undemanding, too ready to watch whatever is on the screen, too lonely, lazy, or bored to create our own lives. We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Society, Media, Passivity, Life, Creation

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"Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?"

"Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?"

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Health, Desire, Living, Man

23

"The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient."

"The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

23

"Urge and urge and urge,Always the procreant urge of the world."

"Urge and urge and urge,Always the procreant urge of the world."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Philosophy, Life, Energy, Creation, Persistence

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"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

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"There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite."

"There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Mystery, Infinite

23

"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"

"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Life, Poetry, Story

23

"Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments."

"Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, English, Writing

23

"Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth."

"Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth."

Philip Larkin, English Poet

Deprivation, Daffodils

23

"There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."

"There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Humor, Observation, Life, Reality

23

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Inspirational, Destiny, Decision, Choice, Self

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"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."

"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Dream, Taste, Memory

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"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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"Don't we all look up at the same stars?"

"Don't we all look up at the same stars?"

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Unity, Stars, Universe, Humanity, Connection

23

"Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past."

"Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past."

Herbert Read, English Poet

23

"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."

"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

23

"It is weird to see how people sometimes doesn't value and ignore the love and effort of the people who love them and try to stay. They push them away only to realise everything they did after they leave and make their memories as pillows to sleep over and cry upon it later."

"It is weird to see how people sometimes doesn't value and ignore the love and effort of the people who love them and try to stay. They push them away only to realise everything they did after they leave and make their memories as pillows to sleep over and cry upon it later."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Relationship, Love, Loss, Regret, Neglect

23

"The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one."

"The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one."

John Dyer, American Poet

Artist, Freedom, Pressure

23

"Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted."

"Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Art, Nature, Mystery, Imagination

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"Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness."

"Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

Poetry, Loneliness, Pity

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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

23

"You will not be the same after the storms of life; you will be stronger, wiser and more alive than ever before!"

"You will not be the same after the storms of life; you will be stronger, wiser and more alive than ever before!"

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Resilience, Strength, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

23

"Life is unbearable pain."

"Life is unbearable pain."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Despair, Pain, Existence, Intensity

22

"Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here."

"Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here."

Philip Massinger, British Poet

Virtue, Patience

22

"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

22

"All our wisdom is stored in the trees."

"All our wisdom is stored in the trees."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Wisdom, Nature, Trees, Knowledge

22

"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."

"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

22

"Happiness is a good business these days, more you talk crap about happiness the large number of crowd you will gather."

"Happiness is a good business these days, more you talk crap about happiness the large number of crowd you will gather."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Satire, Happiness, Business, Irony, Truth

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"Money often costs too much."

"Money often costs too much."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Business, Money

22

"How disappointment tracks the steps of hope."

"How disappointment tracks the steps of hope."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

Hope, Disappointment

22

"Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through."

"Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Loyalty, Friendship, Power, Happiness, Inspirational

22

"I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work."

"I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work."

John Dyer, American Poet

22

"The future is always beginning now."

"The future is always beginning now."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Beginning, Future, Now

22

"Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into."

"Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Prohibition, Beer, Want

22

"I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle."

"I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Battle, Ugly, Woman

22

"So resolute is the world to despise anything which carries with it an air of simplicity."

"So resolute is the world to despise anything which carries with it an air of simplicity."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Philosophy, Simplicity, Perception, Society, Judgment

22

"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

22

"Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination."

"Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

Imagination, Knowledge, Word

22

"The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing."

"The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

22

"To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task."

"To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task."

William Congreve, English Poet

Youth, Eye, Fool, Wit, World

22

"Life needs a constant change, minds needs the constant change, only thing that is permanent in the world is change."

"Life needs a constant change, minds needs the constant change, only thing that is permanent in the world is change."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Transformation, Change, Life, Mind, World

22

"Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?"

"Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?"

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Evil, Example, Facts, Memory

22

"Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world."

"Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self, Soul, Integrity, Mind, Truth

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"Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."

"Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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