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"Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."

"Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

God, Haste, Man

19

"One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed."

"One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Universal, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

19

"As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down."

"As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

19

"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes by making them the fruit of his character."

"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes by making them the fruit of his character."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Nature, Man, Fate, Character

19

"There is always a demon inside every angel. And there is an angel inside every demon. All they need is a bit of darkness and light together to see each other's face."

"There is always a demon inside every angel. And there is an angel inside every demon. All they need is a bit of darkness and light together to see each other's face."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Duality, Light, Darkness, Evil

19

"There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own."

"There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

19

"Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another."

"Speak your latent conviction. . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self, Conviction, Truth, Authenticity, Expression

19

"Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak."

"Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Meditation, Silence, Soul, Peace

19

"I'm a sucker for curiosity's whims.Does that make me a cat person?"

"I'm a sucker for curiosity's whims.Does that make me a cat person?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Curiosity, Happiness, Truth, Life

19

"In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress."

"In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Creativity, Ideas, Fight, Newspapers

19

"Nothing external to you has any power over you."

"Nothing external to you has any power over you."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self-Control, Power, Nothing

19

"The heart of a story gives it life."

"The heart of a story gives it life."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Storytelling, Life, Heart, Creativity

19

"People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf."

"People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

18

"Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other."

"Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other."

Novalis, German Poet

Faith, Knowledge

18

"I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems."

"I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems."

Roger McGough, British Poet

Computer, Poems

18

"Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key."

"Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

18

"Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place."

"Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Achievement, Today, Tomorrow

18

"One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can."

"One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Nature, Evil, Man, May, Wood

18

"He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke."

"He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

18

"I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell."

"I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell."

Kim Elizabeth, American Poet

Being, Contradiction, Existence, Heaven

18

"There is nothing higher-class than real craftsmanship, diversity, originality and the service of skilled human hands."

"There is nothing higher-class than real craftsmanship, diversity, originality and the service of skilled human hands."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Originality, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

18

"Laws are subordinate to custom."

"Laws are subordinate to custom."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Consequence, Custom, Laws

18

"Man kills, the things he love the most, sometimes by the virtue of hatred, crime, anger and war and sometimes by dramatizing his activities. But he is not aware that his killings are his own self-image."

"Man kills, the things he love the most, sometimes by the virtue of hatred, crime, anger and war and sometimes by dramatizing his activities. But he is not aware that his killings are his own self-image."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Conflict, Hate, Self-Image, Violence, Anger

18

"Let us play hide and seek in a mountain which is like a women's back."

"Let us play hide and seek in a mountain which is like a women's back."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Metaphor, Nature, Playfulness, Symbolism

18

"In the country of pain we are each alone."

"In the country of pain we are each alone."

May Sarton, American Poet

Nation, Country, Pain

18

"Fear created the first gods in the world."

"Fear created the first gods in the world."

Caecilius Statius, Roman Poet

Fear, Gods, First, World

18

"Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs."

"Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs."

George Chapman, English Poet

Friendship, Dogs, Friends

18

"Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets."

"Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Poet, Poets, Reality, Romantic, Stars

18

"That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."

"That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

18

"What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?"

"What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?"

Robert Southey, English Poet

Relationship, Affection, Spirit, Will, Woman

18

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Talent, Stupidity

18

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

W. H. Davies, Welsh Poet

Life, Time, Care, Poor

18

"What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love."

"What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

18

"If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating."

"If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

Conversation, Eating, Support

18

"To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense."

"To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense."

Charles Churchill, English Poet

Beauty, Fame, Faults, Sense

18

"Zen movement is a meditative practice."

"Zen movement is a meditative practice."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Zen, Meditation, Truth, Wisdom, Power

18

"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

18

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne, British Poet

Death, Man, Mankind

18

"There are several theories on sex and all of them are lies."

"There are several theories on sex and all of them are lies."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Philosophy, Sex, Myth, Lies, Truth

18

"We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading."

"We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

18

"Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance."

"Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance."

Robert Blair, American Poet

18

"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."

"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."

Richard Le Gallienne, English Poet

Blame, Fathers, Mothers, Tragedy

18

"Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest."

"Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

18

"If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist."

"If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

Writer, Artist, Doubt, Interest

18

"My sense of a poem - my notion of how you revise - is: you get yourself into a state where what you are intensely conscious of is not why you wrote it or how you wrote it, but what you wrote."

"My sense of a poem - my notion of how you revise - is: you get yourself into a state where what you are intensely conscious of is not why you wrote it or how you wrote it, but what you wrote."

Philip Levine, American Poet

18

"God will forgive me; that's his business."

"God will forgive me; that's his business."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Business, God, Will

18

"And we forget because we must and not because we will."

"And we forget because we must and not because we will."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Forgetting, Forget, Will

18

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

18

"For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight."

"For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Wealth, Defense, Excess, Justice

18

"And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell."

"And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

Honor, Wine, Wonder

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