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"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise."

"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise."

Paul Engle, American Poet

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"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

"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

"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever."

"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Age, Time, Man, Middleage

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

"It is best for the wise man not to seem wise."

"It is best for the wise man not to seem wise."

Aeschylus, Greek 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

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"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."

"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."

Thomas Gray, English Poet

Wisdom, Eyes, Faults, Man

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"I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here."

"I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

Transportation, Automobiles

6

"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."

"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

6

"I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early."

"I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Friendship, Age, Dying, Friends, Old

6

"Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times."

"Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

6

"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories."

"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

Memory, Eyes, Memories, Reality

6

"God's colors all are fast."

"God's colors all are fast."

John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet

6

"If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond."

"If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond."

Ausonius, Roman Poet

Self-Awareness, Favors, Fortune

6

"Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?"

"Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?"

Ralph Hodgson, English Poet

Time, Day, Man, Old

6

"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys."

"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys."

Mark Akenside, English Poet

Fantasy, Trifles

6

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Happiness, Right

6

"Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here."

"Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Melancholy, Sadness, Darkness, Emotion, Sorrow

6

"Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak."

"Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

6

"Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice."

"Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

History, Sacrifice, Self, Selfsacrifice

6

"There is no reward beyond the moment. Each moment contains life's reward."

"There is no reward beyond the moment. Each moment contains life's reward."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Moment, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

6

"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple which has no superfluous parts which exactly answers its ends."

"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple which has no superfluous parts which exactly answers its ends."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Aesthetics, Beauty, Simplicity, Function, Design

6

"Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals."

"Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Religion, Morality, Animals

6

"Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances."

"Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Circumstance, Circumstances

6

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Deception, Fraud, Honor, Succeed

6

"Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."

"Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."

Euripides, Greek Poet

God, First, Wishes

6

"The argument of the strongest is always the best."

"The argument of the strongest is always the best."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

6

"Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot."

"Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

6

"Honor is but an empty bubble."

"Honor is but an empty bubble."

John Dryden, English Poet

6

"Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world-the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God's creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That's something to think about."

"Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world-the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God's creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That's something to think about."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Self-Worth, Truth, Faith, Inspirational, Wisdom

6

"In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes."

"In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes."

Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

Character, Being, Eyes

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"Imitation cannot go above its model."

"Imitation cannot go above its model."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Imitation, Limit

6

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

Robert Frost, American Poet

6

"Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those."

"Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Love, Affection, Desire, Mind

6

"I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here."

"I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

6

"I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak."

"I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Listening, Wisdom, Truth, Today, Inspirational

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"The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives."

"The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

Poetry, People, Key, Moments

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"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."

"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

6

"Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."

"Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

6

"To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism."

"To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Judgment, Applause, Criticism, Man, Modesty

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"But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor."

"But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Temptation, Now, Poor, Satan

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"Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable."

"Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

6

"If you feel like a nearly-drowned rat that's been dragged through the mud, all twisted up inside your mother's borrowed, prized quilt, having been tossed about by gale force winds that managed to entangle you in barbed wire one-thousand miles from your goal in the middle of a hot, barren nowhere void of any basic necessities-then congratulations! You're no observer but an actual participant in the game of life! Stand up and keep living."

"If you feel like a nearly-drowned rat that's been dragged through the mud, all twisted up inside your mother's borrowed, prized quilt, having been tossed about by gale force winds that managed to entangle you in barbed wire one-thousand miles from your goal in the middle of a hot, barren nowhere void of any basic necessities-then congratulations! You're no observer but an actual participant in the game of life! Stand up and keep living."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Endurance, Inspirational, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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