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"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves."

"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Friendship, Love, Commerce

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"Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."

"Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred."

"Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Social, Manners, Bryant H. Mcgill

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"We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves."

"We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Trust, Belief, Liberty

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"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Hope, Spring, Winter

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"The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without."

"The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Success, Knowledge, Belief

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"So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!"

"So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!"

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

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"Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself."

"Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself."

Andre Breton, French Poet

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"There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see."

"There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see."

John Masefield, English Poet

Truth, Hate, Ignorance, May

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"A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins."

"A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Transience, May, State, Years

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"There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer."

"There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Delight, Singing

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"Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking."

"Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking."

Antonio Machado, Spanish Poet

Adaptation, Walking

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"What passions cannot music raise or quell?"

"What passions cannot music raise or quell?"

John Dryden, English Poet

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"He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part."

"He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part."

Richard Barnfield, English Poet

Friendship, Heart, Friend, Grief, Help

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"Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation."

"Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Psychology, Theories

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"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."

"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

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"In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?"

"In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?"

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"To destroy is always the first step in any creation."

"To destroy is always the first step in any creation."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

Creation, First

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"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."

"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."

Elizabeth Bishop, American Poet

Art, Disaster, Losing, Loss

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"New York is something awful, something monstrous. I like to walk the streets, lost, but I recognize that New York is the world's greatest lie. New York is Senegal with machines."

"New York is something awful, something monstrous. I like to walk the streets, lost, but I recognize that New York is the world's greatest lie. New York is Senegal with machines."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

Lie, Machines, World

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"If you often feel alone, ignored, or forgotten, think about this: closing the door and locking yourself in won't change anything-literally and figuratively."

"If you often feel alone, ignored, or forgotten, think about this: closing the door and locking yourself in won't change anything-literally and figuratively."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Loneliness, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Expression, Madness

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"If a man own land the land owns him."

"If a man own land the land owns him."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Ownership, Land, Man, Possession

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"God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer."

"God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

God, Beer, Voice

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"To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up."

"To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Love, Marriage, Right, Wrong

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"Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall."

"Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Heaven, Waiting

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"I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."

"I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."

Roger McGough, British Poet

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"He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave."

"He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave."

William Drummond, British Poet

Fool, Reason, Will

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"Slow and steady wins the race."

"Slow and steady wins the race."

Robert Lloyd, English Poet

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"Living well is the best revenge."

"Living well is the best revenge."

George Herbert, British Poet

Living, Revenge

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"Rejecting predatory capitalism in America is a way to respect and honor America."

"Rejecting predatory capitalism in America is a way to respect and honor America."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Economics, Capitalism, Respect, Truth, Power

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"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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"He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground."

"He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground."

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life."

"Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

Art, Life, Society, Water

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"The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea."

"The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea."

John Dyer, American Poet

Time, Departure, Sea, Space

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"Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by."

"Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by."

Christina Rossetti, British Poet

Nature, Trees, Wind

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"Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well?"

"Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well?"

Kenneth Rexroth, American Poet

Performance, America, First

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"It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree."

"It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Man, Present, Struggle

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"The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal."

"The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Love, Dawn, Night

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"He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done."

"He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done."

Charles Mackay, British Poet

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"The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening."

"The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Location, Day, Evening, Sun

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"And plenty makes us poor."

"And plenty makes us poor."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers."

"To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Family, Brothers, Earth, Now, Silence

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"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Flowers, Glory, Leading, Road

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"A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man."

"A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Desire, Man, Woman

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"I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen."

"I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Poet, Poets, Style

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"In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world."

"In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

Nation, Country, Spain, World

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"Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child."

"Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Character, Man, Manners, Simplicity, Wit

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"For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike."

"For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Faith, Men, Want

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"It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries."

"It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries."

John Masefield, English Poet

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