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"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

17

"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

17

"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

17

"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much."

"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Nature, Endurance, Curiosity, Silence

17

"Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them."

"Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

17

"All your troubles, struggles, pains and suffering is worth one good thing."

"All your troubles, struggles, pains and suffering is worth one good thing."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Worth, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Life

17

"The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow."

"The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow."

Charles Olson, American Poet

Heroism, Heroes, Imitation, Present, Will

17

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Man, Woman, World

17

"Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place."

"Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place."

Edmund Spenser, English Poet

Relationship, Eye, Heaven

17

"There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do."

"There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do."

William Drummond, British Poet

Love, Silence, Tongue

17

"She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires."

"She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires."

Edwin A. Robinson, American Poet

17

"No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream."

"No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

Life, Dream, Love, Nothing

17

"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does."

"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Poetry, Awareness, World

17

"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich."

"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

God, Humility, Poor

17

"We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line."

"We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line."

Langston Hughes, American Poet

Being, Censorship, Writers

17

"I am drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness - and even I am not strong enough to deny the routine, the rote, to simplify. No, I go plodding on, afraid that the blank hell in back of my eyes will break through, spewing forth like a dark pestilence; afraid that the disease which eats away the pith of my body with merciless impersonality will break forth in obvious sores and warts, screaming "Traitor, sinner, imposter."

"I am drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness - and even I am not strong enough to deny the routine, the rote, to simplify. No, I go plodding on, afraid that the blank hell in back of my eyes will break through, spewing forth like a dark pestilence; afraid that the disease which eats away the pith of my body with merciless impersonality will break forth in obvious sores and warts, screaming "Traitor, sinner, imposter."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Mental, Despair, Madness, Disease

17

"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship."

"Suspicion is the cancer of friendship."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Friendship, Cancer, Suspicion

17

"Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair."

"Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Despair, Patience

17

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice."

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Friendship, Happiness, Choice, Friends, Worth

17

"Remember this-the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true."

"Remember this-the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Journey, Happiness, Truth, Today, Inspirational

17

"Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up. All you need is to be sure that GOD's hand is in it."

"Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up. All you need is to be sure that GOD's hand is in it."

TemitOpe Ibrahim, Nigerian Poet

Perfection, Perseverance, Faith, Process, Patience

17

"Promise is most given when the least is said."

"Promise is most given when the least is said."

George Chapman, English Poet

17

"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."

"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Man, Men, Truth, Evil, Judgment

17

"Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."

"Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."

William Cowper, English Poet

Absence, Mind, Occupation, Rest

17

"Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend."

"Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Money, Americans, Fact, London

17

"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense."

"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Ignorance, Ruin, Sense, Want

17

"Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life."

"Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life."

Novalis, German Poet

Life, Artist, Meaning

17

"It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury."

"It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

17

"Age considers; youth ventures."

"Age considers; youth ventures."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Wisdom, Age, Youth

17

"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers."

"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers."

Walter de La Mare, English Poet

17

"My stomach rumbles.Plates of cookies, cake, and fudge.Christmastime is here."

"My stomach rumbles.Plates of cookies, cake, and fudge.Christmastime is here."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Celebration, Happiness, Truth, Today, Inspirational

17

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition."

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Love, Delight, Discovery

17

"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."

"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Inspirational, Inspiration, Commonsense, Folk, Obvious

17

"Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general."

"Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general."

Novalis, German Poet

Family, Life, Man

17

"Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long."

"Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Validation, Word, Truth, Wisdom, Power

17

"But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person."

"But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

17

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

Robert Frost, American Poet

17

"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."

"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Wealth, Confidence, Man, Poor

17

"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."

"All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Time, Childhood, First, Moments

17

"The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next."

"The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Age, Commonsense

17

"Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt."

"Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt."

Thomas Moore, Irish Poet

17

"A picture is a poem without words."

"A picture is a poem without words."

Horace, Roman Poet

Impossibility, Words

17

"Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion."

"Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Religion, Truth

17

"The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes."

"The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Being, Privilege, Wishes

17

"By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water."

"By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Behavior, Drinking, Water, Will

17

"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."

"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Man, Men, Wives

17

"For we, when we feel, evaporate: oh, webreathe ourselves out and away: from ember to ember,yielding us fainter fragrance."

"For we, when we feel, evaporate: oh, webreathe ourselves out and away: from ember to ember,yielding us fainter fragrance."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Sensitivity, Feeling, Loss, Breath, Love

17

"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."

"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."

Novalis, German Poet

17

"Each of us bears his own Hell."

"Each of us bears his own Hell."

Virgil, Roman Poet

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