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"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns."

"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Heart, First, Flowers

5

"Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me."

"Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

5

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit."

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit."

John Milton, English Poet

5

"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness."

"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Happiness, Unhappiness

5

"The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought."

"The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Man, Men, Thought, Action, Unconscious

5

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."

Matsuo Basho, Japanese Poet

Society, Footsteps

5

"I never joined the army for patriotic reasons."

"I never joined the army for patriotic reasons."

Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet

5

"I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain."

"I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

Life, Morality, Action, Force

5

"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society."

"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Society, Truth, Freedom, Spirit

5

"So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds."

"So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds."

Countee Cullen, American Poet

5

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

5

"He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well."

"He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well."

John Clare, English Poet

5

"Think then you are Today what Yesterday you were - Tomorrow you shall not be less."

"Think then you are Today what Yesterday you were - Tomorrow you shall not be less."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

Philosophy, Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday

5

"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."

"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."

Pindar, Greek Poet

Beauty, Necessity

5

"The poet is a madman lost in adventure."

"The poet is a madman lost in adventure."

Paul Verlaine, French Poet

5

"If you done it, it ain't bragging."

"If you done it, it ain't bragging."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Modesty, Bragging

5

"I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?"

"I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?"

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Universe, Years

5

"'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival."

"'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival."

Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

Survival, Poems

5

"Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern."

"Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

5

"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."

"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."

Ishmael Reed, American Poet

Society, Discipline, Being, Embarrassment

5

"I am ashamed the law is such an ass."

"I am ashamed the law is such an ass."

George Chapman, English Poet

5

"If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."

"If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Honesty, Frankness

5

"Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name."

"Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name."

Karl Shapiro, American Poet

5

"First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns."

"First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns."

Robert Creeley, American Poet

Narrative, First, Wonder

5

"We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead."

"We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Love, Forgetfulness

5

"Do what you can to help people but have the wisdom to accept your limits."

"Do what you can to help people but have the wisdom to accept your limits."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Limit, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

5

"Only in stillness does the imperceivable become discernible."

"Only in stillness does the imperceivable become discernible."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Stillness, Truth, Wisdom, Happiness

5

"A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies."

"A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

Truth, Lie, Lies

5

"The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength."

"The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Strength, Land, Sea

5

"Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think."

"Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think."

Adela Florence Nicolson, English Poet

Love, Men, Quality, Thought

5

"The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised."

"The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Rectitude, Sense

5

"It seems there's confusion at this time of yearregarding the reason for Christmas.From shopping for presents to spreading good cheer,the world makes an overly huge fuss.But Christmas is not for the gifts we exchange.It's not about sleigh rides or sweet candy canes.Nay, Christmas is simple. A time to recallChrist's gift of atonement He gave to us all."

"It seems there's confusion at this time of yearregarding the reason for Christmas.From shopping for presents to spreading good cheer,the world makes an overly huge fuss.But Christmas is not for the gifts we exchange.It's not about sleigh rides or sweet candy canes.Nay, Christmas is simple. A time to recallChrist's gift of atonement He gave to us all."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Tradition, Faith, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

5

"Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me."

"Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

Books, Poems, Poets, Wonder

5

"Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep."

"Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

Cause, State, World

5

"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."

"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Authenticity, Originality, Writers

5

"In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist."

"In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist."

Juan Goytisolo, Spanish Poet

Faith, War, Capitalism, End

5

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt."

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Home, Life, Borrowing, Debt

5

"Hurl yourself at goals above your head and bear the lacerations that come when you slip and make a fool of yourself. Try always, as long as you have breath in your body, to take the hard way"and work, work, work to build yourself into a rich, continually evolving entity."

"Hurl yourself at goals above your head and bear the lacerations that come when you slip and make a fool of yourself. Try always, as long as you have breath in your body, to take the hard way"and work, work, work to build yourself into a rich, continually evolving entity."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Drive, Effort, Ambition, Evolution, Growth

5

"The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise."

"The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise."

Mark Akenside, English Poet

Disguise, Forget, Lies, Man

5

"Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon, it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged."

"Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon, it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Greatness, Credit, Possession

5

"The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!"

"The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!"

Robert Browning, English Poet

Ambition, Rest, Shakespeare

5

"Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine."

"Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine."

John Betjeman, English Poet

Wealth, Faces, Wine

5

"Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!"

"Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!"

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

5

"Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art."

"Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art."

Bliss Carman, Canadian Poet

5

"Sometimes ideas flow from my mind in a raging river of stringed sentences; I can scarcely scribble on the page fast enough to keep up with the mental current. Sometimes, however, beavers move in and dam the whole thing up."

"Sometimes ideas flow from my mind in a raging river of stringed sentences; I can scarcely scribble on the page fast enough to keep up with the mental current. Sometimes, however, beavers move in and dam the whole thing up."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Flow, Creativity, Truth, Power, Writing

5

"It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers."

"It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

5

"I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe."

"I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe."

Frank Scott, Canadian Poet

War, Ideas, Europe, Post

5

"Acquisition means life to miserable mortals."

"Acquisition means life to miserable mortals."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

5

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Destiny, Difference, Wood

5

"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor."

"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Nationalism, American

5

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