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"Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings."

"Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Advice, Danger, Kings

18

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

"I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Age, Ambiguity, Right, Woman

18

"She was the sky full of surprises. Her dreams were blue and breathtaking as a bright day and her secrets were dark and poetic as a cold night. Either way, she was the most beautiful mess that one had ever come across."

"She was the sky full of surprises. Her dreams were blue and breathtaking as a bright day and her secrets were dark and poetic as a cold night. Either way, she was the most beautiful mess that one had ever come across."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Art, Beauty, Sky, Dream, Secrets

18

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."

"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Politics, Compromise, Party, Poor

18

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom."

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Freedom, Fear, Hope, Longing

18

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

Eliza Cook, English Poet

Home, Heart, Footsteps, Land

18

"I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn't say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed."

"I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn't say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Mental Health, Body, Mind, Illness, Silence

18

"There is no life without struggle."

"There is no life without struggle."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Life, Struggle, Survival, Endurance

18

"One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life."

"One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Life, Difference, Man, Sound

18

"If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable."

"If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable."

William Congreve, English Poet

18

"May the fire in your soul, burn down all the fences and walls which this society is trying to build around you."

"May the fire in your soul, burn down all the fences and walls which this society is trying to build around you."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Freedom, Rebellion, Passion, Soul

18

"These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals."

"These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Society, Army, Body, United

18

"If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don't say no one warned you."

"If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don't say no one warned you."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Power, Warning, Truth, Consequence

18

"Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance."

"Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Grief

18

"Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same."

"Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

18

"Put out my eyes, and I can see you still;slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;and without any feet can go to you;and tongueless, I can conjure you at will.Break off my arms, I shall take hold of youand grasp you with my heart as with a hand;arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;and if you set this brain of mine afire,upon my blood I then will carry you."

"Put out my eyes, and I can see you still;slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;and without any feet can go to you;and tongueless, I can conjure you at will.Break off my arms, I shall take hold of youand grasp you with my heart as with a hand;arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;and if you set this brain of mine afire,upon my blood I then will carry you."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Love, Eye, Heart, Fire

18

"This is the only truth in the world that was necessary yesterday, is necessary today, and will continue to be necessary tomorrow: be conscious of now."

"This is the only truth in the world that was necessary yesterday, is necessary today, and will continue to be necessary tomorrow: be conscious of now."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Presence, Now, Truth, Consciousness

18

"Always be a poet, even in prose."

"Always be a poet, even in prose."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

18

"Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory."

"Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory."

William Dunbar, Scottish Poet

18

"For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own."

"For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own."

Francis Thompson, English Poet

18

"Life isn't life without real butter."

"Life isn't life without real butter."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Simplicity, Joy, Life, Happiness

18

"Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction."

"Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Nature, Development, Progress, Inaction

18

"If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you."

"If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Humility, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom, Inspirational

18

"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."

"I will soothe you and heal you,I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Healing, Pain, Love, Compassion

18

"Yes, silence is painful, but if you endure it, you will hear the cadence of the entire universe."

"Yes, silence is painful, but if you endure it, you will hear the cadence of the entire universe."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Spiritual, Silence, Universe, Pain, Endurance

18

"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

18

"Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment ."

"Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment ."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Meditation, Mindfulness, Peace, Thought, Present

18

"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

18

"Death is every mortal's life to be alive!"

"Death is every mortal's life to be alive!"

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Existence, Death, Life, Mortality

18

"Separate yourself from the lies and illusions which are not you."

"Separate yourself from the lies and illusions which are not you."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Illusion, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

18

"You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people."

"You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Compassion, Interdependence, Happiness, Awareness

18

"Go put on your mask.Say 'trick-or-treat' in costume.It's All Hallows Eve."

"Go put on your mask.Say 'trick-or-treat' in costume.It's All Hallows Eve."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Celebration, Fun, Halloween, Truth

18

"A heart has problems which mind cannot understand."

"A heart has problems which mind cannot understand."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Emotion, Heart, Mind, Problem

18

"Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership."

"Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Gratitude, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom, Life

18

"I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor."

"I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Doubt, Liquor, Party

18

"Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers."

"Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Emotional, Vices

17

"When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence."

"When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Poetry, Tension, Words, Writer

17

"People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality, a barrier which Buddhism calls the attachment to the false view of self.Attachment to the false view of self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities which exist on their own."

"People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality, a barrier which Buddhism calls the attachment to the false view of self.Attachment to the false view of self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities which exist on their own."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Interdependence, Reality, Barrier, Self

17

"Blood was its Avatar and its seal."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Symbolism, Blood, Power, Identity

17

"Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response."

"Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

Sacrifice, Writers, Writing

17

"I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them."

"I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them."

Diane Wakoski, American Poet

People, Events, Newspapers, Television

17

"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

17

"Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity."

"Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity."

Stephen Vincent Benet, American Poet

Honesty, Man, Self

17

"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Poet, Poets, Words

17

"Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence."

"Intelligence is naked without wisdom. Wisdom dresses interestingly with intelligence."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Wisdom, Intelligence, Knowledge, Learning

17

"I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound."

"I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Work, Poems, Sound, Trying

17

"St Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing."

"St Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing."

John Dyer, American Poet

Home, People, Day, Feet

17

"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"

"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

17

"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Heart, Dawn, Glory

17

"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."

"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."

John Gay, English Poet

Envy, Fools, May, Praise

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