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Quotes by Poet

"Success is dependent on effort."

"Success is dependent on effort."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Success, Effort

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"Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger."

"Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger."

Horace, Roman Poet

Anger, Men, Lawyers, Words

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"Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be."

"Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

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"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance."

"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Art, Enemy, Ignorance

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"Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love."

"Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Love, Heaven, Man

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"It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while."

"It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while."

Horace, Roman Poet

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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."

"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."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Love, Suffering

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"A heart makes a good home for the friend."

"A heart makes a good home for the friend."

Yunus Emre, Turkish Poet

Friendship, Home, Heart, Friend

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"One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite."

"One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Corruption, Ethics, Evil, Infinite

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"And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it."

"And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it."

John Donne, British Poet

Doubt, Earth, Fire, Philosophy

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"The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest."

"The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back."

"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back."

Horace, Roman Poet

Nature, May, Running

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"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Inspirational, Beauty, Love

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"If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy."

"If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Fame, Rank, Unworthy

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"The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind."

"The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Mind, Unconscious

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"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated."

"Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

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"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward."

"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward."

Silius Italicus, Roman Poet

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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."

"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."

Judith Wright, Australian Poet

Emotional, Feelings, Habits

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"Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess."

"Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Man, Men, Truth, Consequences, Excess

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"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."

"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Heart, Children, Grief, Spirit

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"The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching."

"The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching."

Kenko Yoshida, Japanese Poet

Truth, Beginning, End

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"The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master."

"The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Comfort, Guest, Lust

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"A fault is fostered by concealment."

"A fault is fostered by concealment."

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong."

"A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Minority, Majority, May, Right

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"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper."

"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Truth, Exaggeration, Temper

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"Freedom is not given to us by anyone we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out."

"Freedom is not given to us by anyone we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Freedom, Discipline, Mindfulness, Awareness

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"It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."

"It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure."

Horace, Roman Poet

Integration, Struggle

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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."

"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."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

People, Fear, Laws, Man

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"Men would be angels, angels would be gods."

"Men would be angels, angels would be gods."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Wisdom, Men, Gods, Angels

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"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."

"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

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"They succeed, because they think they can."

"They succeed, because they think they can."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Motivational, Succeed

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"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."

"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it."

Paul Valery, French Poet

49

"Love can do much, but duty more."

"Love can do much, but duty more."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

49

"There is no caste in blood."

"There is no caste in blood."

Edwin Arnold, English Poet

49

"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing."

"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing."

Homer, Greek Poet

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"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."

"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Danger, Eyes, Man

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"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."

"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."

Karin Boye, Swedish Poet

48

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."

"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

48

"No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead."

"No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Art, Artist, Meaning, Legacy

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"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love."

"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Love, Heart, Pity

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"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard."

"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

47

"Reality is not always probable, or likely."

"Reality is not always probable, or likely."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

47

"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"

"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"

John Milton, English Poet

47

"However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die."

"However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die."

Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet

47

"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."

"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."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Empathy, Divinity, Footsteps, Humanity

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"What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"

"What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"

Czeslaw Milosz, Polish Poet

Poetry, People, Nations

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"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth."

"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Truth, Fight, Freedom

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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."

"As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made."

Richard Barnfield, English Poet

Relationship, Day, May

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"Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home."

"Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home."

John Cleveland, English Poet

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"You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth."

"You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth."

Odysseus Elytis, Greek Poet

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