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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

Horace, Roman Poet

Death, Time, Law

6

"Gold all is not that doth golden seem."

"Gold all is not that doth golden seem."

Edmund Spenser, English Poet

6

"Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study."

"Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study."

William Congreve, English Poet

Despair, Flags, Invention, Study

6

"Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?"

"Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?"

James Beattie, British Poet

6

"We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later."

"We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later."

Louis Aragon, French Poet

Nature, Genius, Ideas, Idiots

6

"Much effort, much prosperity."

"Much effort, much prosperity."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Effort, Prosperity

6

"Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between."

"Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between."

Robert Blair, American Poet

6

"Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive."

"Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

Heroism, Heroes, Poets, Race

6

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process."

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Life, Christianity, Living, Philosophy

6

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Poetry, Music, Heart

6

"You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow."

"You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

6

"Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good."

"Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Happiness, Men, Goodness

6

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours."

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Wisdom, Nature, Waste, World

6

"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."

"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

6

"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."

"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Time, Childhood, First, Moments

6

"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days."

"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Friendship, Friend, Guest, Will

6

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Faith, Brother, Doubt, Lonely

6

"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Fear, Cure, Faults, Shame

6

"Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship."

"Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship."

Lucan, Roman Poet

6

"I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy."

"I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Hate, Lying, Mind

6

"When a new book is published, read an old one."

"When a new book is published, read an old one."

Samuel Rogers, English Poet

6

"Reach deep within, and reconnect with the essence of your being."

"Reach deep within, and reconnect with the essence of your being."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Essence, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

6

"Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed."

"Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Heart, Man, Will

6

"Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise."

"Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise."

Novalis, German Poet

6

"Act-act in the living present!"

"Act-act in the living present!"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Action, Now, Present, Motivational

6

"Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value."

"Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Art, Sincerity, Value, Worth

6

"For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."

"For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

6

"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by."

"There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

Nature, April, Eye, Glory, Joy

6

"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."

"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."

John Clare, English Poet

6

"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."

"An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

Light, Quotation

6

"Despair often breeds disease."

"Despair often breeds disease."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Despair, Disease

6

"Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations."

"Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Friendship, Enemies, Friends, Jealousy, Lovers

6

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."

George Herbert, British Poet

6

"In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name."

"In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name."

Phaedrus, Roman Poet

Change, Name, Nothing, Poor

6

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

"The imagination is man's power over nature."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Imagination, Nature, Power, Man

6

"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."

"If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

6

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Friendship, Travel, Idea, Bigotry, Friends

6

"Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization."

"Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

6

"Love is love's reward."

"Love is love's reward."

John Dryden, English Poet

6

"A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen."

"A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen."

Anne Seward, British Poet

Education, Time, Attention, Study

6

"Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance."

"Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

Vice, Moderation, Poets, Saints

6

"Stolen kisses are always sweetest."

"Stolen kisses are always sweetest."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

Passion, Kisses

6

"They who grasp the world, The Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, Must pay with deepest misery of spirit, Atoning unto God for a brief brightness."

"They who grasp the world, The Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, Must pay with deepest misery of spirit, Atoning unto God for a brief brightness."

Stephen Phillips, English Poet

God, Power, Glory, Misery

6

"You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects."

"You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Universe, Cosmos, Remarkable

6

"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."

"Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks."

Ovid, Roman Poet

6

"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."

"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."

William Davenant, English Poet

6

"Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?"

"Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?"

Sophocles, Greek Poet

6

"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."

"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."

Thomas Gray, English Poet

6

"Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images."

"Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images."

James Merrill, American Poet

Hope, Sense, Universe, Vocabulary

6

"There's never a new fashion but it's old."

"There's never a new fashion but it's old."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

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