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"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."

"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."

John Milton, English Poet

Perspective, Covetousness, Modesty

20

"The bottom of the sea is cruel."

"The bottom of the sea is cruel."

Hart Crane, American Poet

20

"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

20

"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."

"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Death, Life, Fear

20

"I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home."

"I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Home, Music, Listening, Sons

20

"However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird."

"However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Poetry, Thought, Help

20

"The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person."

"The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Gender, People, Union, Human, Integration

20

"Do you remember how this life of yours longed in childhood to belong to the grown-ups? I can see that it now longs to move on from them and is drawn to those who are greater yet. That is why it does not cease to be difficult, but also why it will not cease to grow."

"Do you remember how this life of yours longed in childhood to belong to the grown-ups? I can see that it now longs to move on from them and is drawn to those who are greater yet. That is why it does not cease to be difficult, but also why it will not cease to grow."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Maturity, Growth, Childhood, Adultery, Difficulty

20

"In the West, they will either accept or reject. In the East, they will always accept also provide guidance and patience."

"In the West, they will either accept or reject. In the East, they will always accept also provide guidance and patience."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Culture, Acceptance, Guidance, Patience

20

"Talking is the disease of age."

"Talking is the disease of age."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Age, Disease, Talking

20

"Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses."

"Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

20

"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."

"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Curiosity, Lying

20

"Student: I don't feel like living anymore. Teacher: If you don't feel like doing something then don't do. This means that in finding many ways how not to live your life, you have the possibility to discover how to live your life."

"Student: I don't feel like living anymore. Teacher: If you don't feel like doing something then don't do. This means that in finding many ways how not to live your life, you have the possibility to discover how to live your life."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Guidance, Advice, Discovery, Possibility

20

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Travel, Light, Selfishness

20

"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear."

"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

20

"Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet."

"Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet."

Pam Brown, American Poet

20

"I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that."

"I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Hobbies, Fish, Rivers

20

"Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away."

"Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Minimalism, Light

20

"God's finger touched him, and he slept."

"God's finger touched him, and he slept."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

20

"When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser."

"When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

Experience, Temptation

20

"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."

"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."

John Milton, English Poet

20

"And it's impossible for me to read Henry James."

"And it's impossible for me to read Henry James."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

20

"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Family, Fathers, Land

20

"The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you."

"The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Presence, Mindfulness, Time, Now

20

"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death."

"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death."

William Blake, English Poet

Life, Art, Death, Science

20

"They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom."

"They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom."

William Congreve, English Poet

Socializing, Custom, End, Scandal, Tea

20

"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good."

"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Intelligence, Mistakes

20

"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

Ishmael Reed, American Poet

Imagination, Poetry, Labor, Writing

20

"Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste."

"Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Connection, May, Taste

20

"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."

"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Age, Revenge, Worship

20

"I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of the last century."

"I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of the last century."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

20

"O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!"

"O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!"

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

Life, Art, Beauty, Dream

20

"Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse."

"Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

20

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

George Herbert, British Poet

Faith, Day, Key, Night, Prayer

20

"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."

"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

20

"Glory paid to our ashes comes too late."

"Glory paid to our ashes comes too late."

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

20

"My father used to say superior people never make long visits."

"My father used to say superior people never make long visits."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

Family, Father, People

20

"Sacred cows make very poor gladiators."

"Sacred cows make very poor gladiators."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

Prediction, Cows, Poor

20

"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Health, Diet, Anxiety, Disease

20

"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."

"True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does."

Torquato Tasso, Italian Poet

20

"Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live."

"Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

20

"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."

"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish Poet

20

"The joy that isn't shared dies young."

"The joy that isn't shared dies young."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

20

"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."

"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Competition, Horses

20

"Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child."

"Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

20

"Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight."

"Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight."

William Congreve, English Poet

Resolution, Bed, Fight

20

"God never made His work for man to mend."

"God never made His work for man to mend."

John Dryden, English Poet

20

"The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone."

"The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Judgment, Deed, Light, Motive, Shadow

20

"Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory."

"Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Victory, Gain, Will

20

"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."

"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."

Rupert Brooke, English Poet

City, Cats, Cities, Night, Will

20

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