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Quotes by Poet

"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
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"Love can do much, but duty more."
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Love can do much, but duty more."
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"Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
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Jorge Luis Borges
"Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
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"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror."
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Khalil Gibran
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror."
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"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."
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Khalil Gibran
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."
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"Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love."
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Euripides
"Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love."
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"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward."
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Silius Italicus
"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward."
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"Success is dependent on effort."
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Sophocles
"Success is dependent on effort."
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"It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm."
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Sophocles
"It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm."
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"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
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Karin Boye
"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
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"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance."
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Ben Jonson
"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance."
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"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."
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Paul Valery
"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."
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"A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong."
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Henrik Ibsen
"A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong."
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"I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them."
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Judith Wright
"I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them."
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"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."
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Euripides
"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."
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"Men would be angels, angels would be gods."
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Alexander Pope
"Men would be angels, angels would be gods."
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"Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire."
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Alexander Pope
"Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire."
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"It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while."
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Horace
"It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while."
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"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love."
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William Butler Yeats
"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love."
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"The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching."
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Kenko Yoshida
"The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching."
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"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"
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John Milton
"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"
War,
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"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."
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Khalil Gibran
"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."
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"A fault is fostered by concealment."
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Virgil
"A fault is fostered by concealment."
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"What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"
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Czeslaw Milosz
"What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"
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"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth."
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Henrik Ibsen
"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth."
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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."
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Ben Okri
"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."
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"Reality is not always probable, or likely."
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Jorge Luis Borges
"Reality is not always probable, or likely."
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"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."
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Saadi
"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."
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"You have your ideology and I have mine."
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Khalil Gibran
"You have your ideology and I have mine."
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"They succeed, because they think they can."
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Virgil
"They succeed, because they think they can."
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"Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit."
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Ovid
"Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit."
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"It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."
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Horace
"It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."
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"Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem."
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Paul Celan
"Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem."
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"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
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"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward."
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Khalil Gibran
"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward."
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"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated."
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Alphonse de Lamartine
"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated."
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"You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth."
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Odysseus Elytis
"You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth."
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"Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all."
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Virgil
"Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all."
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"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard."
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Aeschylus
"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard."
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"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper."
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Khalil Gibran
"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper."
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"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
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"Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is."
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Sophocles
"Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is."
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"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing."
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Homer
"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing."
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"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance."
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Saadi
"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance."
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"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle."
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Khalil Gibran
"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle."
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"Poetry is a sort of homecoming."
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Paul Celan
"Poetry is a sort of homecoming."
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"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
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"As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made."
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Richard Barnfield
"As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made."
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"Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home."
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John Cleveland
"Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home."
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"Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think."
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A. E. Housman
"Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think."
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