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"And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation."

"And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation."

Robert Burns, Scottish Poet

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"The greatest religions convert the world through stories."

"The greatest religions convert the world through stories."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

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"But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near."

"But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near."

W. H. Davies, Welsh Poet

Animals, Cats, Sleep

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"God is not a dead equation!"

"God is not a dead equation!"

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

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"The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future."

"The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Work, Fact, Future, Past

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"Children are the anchors of a mother's life."

"Children are the anchors of a mother's life."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Life, Mother, Children

28

"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."

"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Poetry, Joy, Pain, Wonder

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"The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things."

"The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Law, Legislators, Police, Wonder

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"Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs."

"Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

Nature, Mountains

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"People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet."

"People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet."

Sa'Di, Persian Poet

People, Feet, Sight, Ugly

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"The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things."

"The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Man, Men, Truth, Deep, Will

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"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

Horace, Roman Poet

Effort, Exercise

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"Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse."

"Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Home, Life, May, Will

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"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember."

"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Forgiveness, Forget, Injury, May, Will

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"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed."

"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

27

"Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes."

"Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Appreciation, Girls

27

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self-Control, Day, Man

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"In a war of ideas it is people who get killed."

"In a war of ideas it is people who get killed."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

War, People, Ideas

27

"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

Freedom, Ale, Eternity, Sky

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"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

27

"Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses."

"Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Existence, Life, Death, Past, Future

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"The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for."

"The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

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"And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended."

"And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended."

Ferdowsi, Persian Poet

God, Men, Deeds, Kings

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"Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms."

"Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

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"Murder will out, this my conclusion."

"Murder will out, this my conclusion."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

Conclusion, Murder, Will

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"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity."

"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity."

Sa'Di, Persian Poet

Adversity, Man, Prosperity

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"The weak in courage is strong in cunning."

"The weak in courage is strong in cunning."

William Blake, English Poet

Courage, Cunning

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"Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved, in the season of the Spring!"

"Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved, in the season of the Spring!"

Ruben Dario, Nicaraguan Poet

Creativity, Song, Will

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"The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it."

"The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

Time, Piety, Wit

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"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou."

"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

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"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all."

"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Life, Religion, Temple

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"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation."

"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation."

Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet

Philosophy, Example, Living, Occupation, Seriousness

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"If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too."

"If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Success, Deeds, End, Will

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"All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination."

"All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Imagination, Agreement, Reality

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"Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy."

"Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Poetry, Men, Heir, Prophecy

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"The thoughtful soul to solitude retires."

"The thoughtful soul to solitude retires."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

Soul, Solitude, Thoughtful

25

"My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure."

"My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

Heart, Strength

25

"A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it."

"A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it."

Anne Spencer, American Poet

Life, HusbPeople, Pleasure

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"The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper."

"The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

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"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Love, Life, Cause, Feet, First

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"Nature is a petrified magic city."

"Nature is a petrified magic city."

Novalis, German Poet

24

"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."

"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

Wendy Cope, English Poet

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"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Fear, Angels, Fools

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"The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."

"The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."

William Blake, English Poet

Man, Mind, Opinions, Water

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"I am the Empire at the end of the decadence."

"I am the Empire at the end of the decadence."

Paul Verlaine, French Poet

24

"Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand."

"Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand."

Ferdowsi, Persian Poet

Relationship, Jewels

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"Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die."

"Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Faith, Love, People, Saying

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"Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice."

"Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Chance, Fact, Nothing, Practice

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"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."

"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Achievement, Measure, Writers

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