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"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

Edward Young, English Poet

Death, Fire, Nothing, Waste

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"Grammar is the breathing power for the life of language."

"Grammar is the breathing power for the life of language."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Language, Grammar, Life, Power

6

"The history of art is the history of revivals."

"The history of art is the history of revivals."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

6

"The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it."

"The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

6

"If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections."

"If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Philosophy, Reflection, Stars, Self-Awareness

6

"I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired."

"I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Reflection, Fatigue, Seriousness, Self

6

"It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the evolutionary process which has still to take place."

"It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the evolutionary process which has still to take place."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Individualism, First

6

"Nature enhances her beauty, to the eye of loving men, from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time. He is isolated among his contemporaries by truth and by his art, but with this consolation in his pursuits, that they will draw all men sooner or later. For all men live by truth and stand in need of expression. In love, in art, in avarice, in politics, in labor, in games, we study to utter our painful secret. The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression."

"Nature enhances her beauty, to the eye of loving men, from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time. He is isolated among his contemporaries by truth and by his art, but with this consolation in his pursuits, that they will draw all men sooner or later. For all men live by truth and stand in need of expression. In love, in art, in avarice, in politics, in labor, in games, we study to utter our painful secret. The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Art, Nature, Beauty, Truth

6

"A film that is a true work of art transcends theatre and heartwarmingly changes lives."

"A film that is a true work of art transcends theatre and heartwarmingly changes lives."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Art, Film, Transformation, Emotion

6

"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death."

"Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Health, Fear, Sadness, Negativity, Disease

6

"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

6

"Life wants you to thrive in the domain of your own unique creative vision for your yourself."

"Life wants you to thrive in the domain of your own unique creative vision for your yourself."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Creativity, Inspirational, Power, Future, Happiness

6

"If you shoot at a king you must kill him."

"If you shoot at a king you must kill him."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Morality, Power, Truth, Consequence, Justice

6

"Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men."

"Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

6

"You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out."

"You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out."

Andrew Motion, English Poet

Power, Names, Now

6

"Love is the answer."

"Love is the answer."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Love, Truth, Emotion, Life

6

"He has the deed half done who has made a beginning."

"He has the deed half done who has made a beginning."

Horace, Roman Poet

Beginning, Deed

6

"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it."

"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Opinion, Absurdity

6

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."

"Saying nothing... sometimes says the most."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Nothing, Saying

5

"Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth."

"Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth."

Margaret Walker, American Poet

Peace, People, Courage, Growth

5

"The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world."

"The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world."

Marie de France, French Poet

Fool, Thinking, World

5

"A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady."

"A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Friendship, Love

5

"How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?"

"How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?"

Joel Barlow, American Poet

5

"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Virtue, Excellence, Faults, Vice

5

"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."

"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Mystery, Miracles

5

"But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late."

"But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late."

Will Carleton, American Poet

Wealth, Fate, Gold, Key

5

"Sitting in a corner, I live like a toad Oh! How I love my room: my tiny abode! Here I wake up; and I sleep in hereThe world far away; yet virtually near Not that I'm jailed in this place of graceJust don't want to face another face."

"Sitting in a corner, I live like a toad Oh! How I love my room: my tiny abode! Here I wake up; and I sleep in hereThe world far away; yet virtually near Not that I'm jailed in this place of graceJust don't want to face another face."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Solitude, Comfort, Isolation, Love

5

"Wars are made to make debt."

"Wars are made to make debt."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

5

"The stars that have most glory have no rest."

"The stars that have most glory have no rest."

Samuel Daniel, English Poet

Glory, Rest, Stars

5

"Poetry must be made by all and not by one."

"Poetry must be made by all and not by one."

Comte de Lautreamont, French Poet

5

"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining."

"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining."

James Hogg, Scottish Poet

Force, Houses, Sheep

5

"No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?"

"No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?"

C. Day Lewis, English Poet

Earth, May, Self

5

"We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

"We are suffering from too much sarcasm."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

Sarcasm, Suffering

5

"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."

"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

5

"The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair."

"The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Attitude, Belief, Positive, Despair

5

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence."

"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

5

"Every person sees the world through lenses of his or her own design-individual goggles that alter focus and perspective as desired. For those who wish the world to be dark and ugly and unapproachable, it is. But for those who wish it to be beautiful, it is a garden playground blooming with bright, happy colors."

"Every person sees the world through lenses of his or her own design-individual goggles that alter focus and perspective as desired. For those who wish the world to be dark and ugly and unapproachable, it is. But for those who wish it to be beautiful, it is a garden playground blooming with bright, happy colors."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Perception, Perspective, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

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"I will reveal you who I am. I am your reflection."

"I will reveal you who I am. I am your reflection."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Identity, Reflection, Truth, Self

5

"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."

"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."

Robert Southey, English Poet

Language, Words

5

"The house of laughter makes a house of woe."

"The house of laughter makes a house of woe."

Edward Young, English Poet

5

"Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it."

"Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it."

John Donne, British Poet

Philosophy, Affliction, Man, Treasure

5

"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

5

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

"'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old."

Alcaeus, Greek Poet

Man, Old, Wrath

5

"Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise."

"Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise."

Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet

5

"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Man, Men, Time, Battle, Enemy

5

"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

"If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?"

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Pain, Emotion, Life, Truth

5

"Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves."

"Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Parenting, Love, Teaching, Compassion

5

"Moon is the light from a lantern in heaven."

"Moon is the light from a lantern in heaven."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Beauty, Moon, Light, Heaven

5

"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher."

"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

5

"Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them."

"Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Adventure, Fear, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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