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"I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats."

"I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats."

John Dyer, American Poet

Boats, Pleasure

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"Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life."

"Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

Life, Being, Youth

16

"Men expect too much, do too little."

"Men expect too much, do too little."

Allen Tate, American Poet

16

"Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?"

"Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?"

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Nation, Country, France, Garden, Heaven

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"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."

"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Society, May, Nation, Sight

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"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury."

"There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Forgiveness, Injury

16

"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

16

"From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me."

"From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me."

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Poet

Heresy, Jealousy

16

"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house."

"A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

16

"Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge."

"Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge."

Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet

Knowledge, Achievement, Growth, Environment

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"I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance."

"I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

16

"If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out."

"If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Truth, Errors, Will

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"Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son."

"Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son."

John Dryden, English Poet

Money, Son, Soul, May

16

"Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors."

"Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors."

Barry Cornwall, English Poet

16

"Common sense is the genius of humanity."

"Common sense is the genius of humanity."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Genius, Commonsense, Humanity

16

"You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals."

"You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals."

Roger McGough, British Poet

Dress, Guilt, Ideals, Will

16

"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

"I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

16

"Oh dear sunday, I want to sleep in your arms and have fun day."

"Oh dear sunday, I want to sleep in your arms and have fun day."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Tranquility, Rest, Peace, Joy, Relaxation

16

"In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature."

"In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Nature, Quality, Fact

16

"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."

"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."

John C. Ransom, American Poet

Poet, Poets, Prose, Style, Waiting

16

"So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!"

"So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!"

Sharon Olds, American Poet

Drink, Coffee, Smoking

16

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Poetry, Music, Heart

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"Make a good use of the present."

"Make a good use of the present."

Horace, Roman Poet

16

"The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves."

"The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves."

John Dryden, English Poet

16

"Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable."

"Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Friendship, Friend, Discretion, Enemy, Nothing

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"To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for."

"To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

Happiness, Virtue, Choice, Desire

16

"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."

"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."

John Dryden, English Poet

Philosophy, First, Habits

16

"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."

"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Politics, Washington

16

"You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to become friends with one of them. I don't mean anything erotically charged, just a friendship."

"You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to become friends with one of them. I don't mean anything erotically charged, just a friendship."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Friendship, Students, Teaching

16

"It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one."

"It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Creativity, Idea, Pain

16

"How can a bird that is born for joySit in a cage and sing?"

"How can a bird that is born for joySit in a cage and sing?"

William Blake, English Poet

Life, Joy, Freedom, Expression, Metaphor

16

"I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer."

"I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer."

Charles Olson, American Poet

Identity, Sound

16

"Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise."

"Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise."

Novalis, German Poet

16

"We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love."

"We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Self-Love, Fancy, Ingratitude, Reality, Self

16

"What is without periods of rest will not endure."

"What is without periods of rest will not endure."

Ovid, Roman Poet

16

"I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old."

"I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Society, Memories, Old, Years

16

"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."

"If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs."

John Clare, English Poet

16

"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."

"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Man, Men, Fight

16

"Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor."

"Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Time, Measure, Right

16

"A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all."

"A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all."

Allen Tate, American Poet

History, Morality, May

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"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers."

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

16

"Adversity is the first path to truth."

"Adversity is the first path to truth."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Truth, Adversity, First

16

"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

Adrian Mitchell, British Poet

16

"But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained."

"But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained."

Virgil, Roman Poet

16

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."

George Herbert, British Poet

16

"I stepped from Plank to PlankSo slow and cautiouslyThe Stars about my Head I felt,About my Feet the Sea.I knew not but the nextWould be my final inch -This gave me that precarious GaitSome call Experience."

"I stepped from Plank to PlankSo slow and cautiouslyThe Stars about my Head I felt,About my Feet the Sea.I knew not but the nextWould be my final inch -This gave me that precarious GaitSome call Experience."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Life, Experience, Caution, Journey

16

"A man may learn wisdom even from a foe."

"A man may learn wisdom even from a foe."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Wisdom, Man, May

16

"Don't use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies.""

"Don't use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies.""

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

16

"Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate."

"Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

16

"If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill."

"If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Healing, Illness, Acceptance, Suffering

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