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"You are the music while the music lasts."

"You are the music while the music lasts."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."

"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

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"Human misery is too great for men to do without faith."

"Human misery is too great for men to do without faith."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Faith, Men, Misery

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"The wisest of the wise may err."

"The wisest of the wise may err."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Fallibility, May

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"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."

"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Peace, Anger, Ambition, Enemies

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"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

Samuel Ullman, American Poet

Soul, Enthusiasm, Ideals, Living

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"One man excels in eloquence, another in arms."

"One man excels in eloquence, another in arms."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Personal, Eloquence, Man

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"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese Poet

Endurance, Journey, Pain

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"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."

"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."

James Stephens, Irish Poet

Man, Singing, Wind, Woman

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"Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down."

"Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Criticism, May, Name, Shakespeare, Will

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"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."

"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Moderation, First, Old

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"In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us."

"In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Diversity, Giving, Myth, Words

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"One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake."

"One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Persistence, Clouds, Fight, Right, Sleep

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"A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target."

"A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Vanity, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Regret

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"The Siren waits thee, singing song for song."

"The Siren waits thee, singing song for song."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Romantic, Singing, Song

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"Patience is sorrow's salve."

"Patience is sorrow's salve."

Charles Churchill, English Poet

Patience, Sorrow

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"Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction."

"Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Poetry, Fiction, Writing

17

"They say women and music should never be dated."

"They say women and music should never be dated."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power."

"There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Poetry, Power, Countries

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"Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!"

"Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!"

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

Art, Mystery, Silence

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"Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction."

"Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Genius, Fiction

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"The soul's joy lies in doing."

"The soul's joy lies in doing."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Soul, Joy, Lies

17

"Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still."

"Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still."

Charles Churchill, English Poet

Nation, Country, Englfaults, Will

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"Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf's, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway's. Barcelona is GaudA's and Rome is da Vinci's. You see them in every crevice and hear their echoes in every cathedral. I'd like to be the child, or rather, the mother of a city but I neither have a home nor a resting place. My race is humankind. My religion is kindness. My work is love and, well, my city is the walls of your heart."

"Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf's, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway's. Barcelona is GaudA's and Rome is da Vinci's. You see them in every crevice and hear their echoes in every cathedral. I'd like to be the child, or rather, the mother of a city but I neither have a home nor a resting place. My race is humankind. My religion is kindness. My work is love and, well, my city is the walls of your heart."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Belonging, City, Identity, Love, Kindness

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"All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation."

"All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

17

"The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

"The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Perfection, Light, Pursuit, Sweetness

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"I hope you're representing the devil's advocate."

"I hope you're representing the devil's advocate."

Charles Olson, American Poet

17

"To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life."

"To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

17

"A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits."

"A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits."

Edith Sitwell, British Poet

People, Now, Reading, Writing

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"In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind."

"In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind."

Charlotte Smith, English Poet

17

"When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less."

"When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less."

Richard Armour, American Poet

17

"He was as fresh as is the month of May."

"He was as fresh as is the month of May."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

Appearance, May

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"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

17

"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you."

"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you."

Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

17

"All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition."

"All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Inferiority, Ambition, Sense

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"The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise."

"The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise."

Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Poet

Critics, Effect

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"I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more."

"I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more."

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

17

"Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct."

"Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct."

Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet

Instinct, Man, Passion

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"If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong."

"If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong."

Virgil, Roman Poet

God, Race, Right, Wrong

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"Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere."

"Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Nature, God, Glory

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"Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool."

"Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

17

"Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune."

"Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Adversity, Misfortune

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"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms."

"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms."

Ikkyu Sojun, Japanese Poet

Flowers, Open, Spring

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"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry."

"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry."

James Laughlin, American Poet

17

"Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means."

"Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

17

"When words leave off, music begins."

"When words leave off, music begins."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

17

"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself."

"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself."

Basil Bunting, British Poet

Lifestyle, Wine

17

"The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man."

"The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

God, End, Eye, Man

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"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Writing, Profession

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"One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."

"One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."

Pam Brown, American Poet

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