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"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live."

"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live."

John Milton, English Poet

Appreciation, Englforget, Nations, Teaching

15

"Too much agreement kills the chat."

"Too much agreement kills the chat."

John Jay Chapman, American Poet

15

"I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness."

"I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness."

Vachel Lindsay, American Poet

Life, Blind, Blindness, Justice

15

"Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh."

"Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Art, Community, Effort, Living

15

"The ears and the heart are connected, it's true,for when ears open wide, the heart opens up too."

"The ears and the heart are connected, it's true,for when ears open wide, the heart opens up too."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Listening, Love, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

15

"What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?"

"What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

Power, Genius, Individuality

15

"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."

"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Family, Sister, Being, Children, Now

15

"It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history."

"It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history."

Raymond Queneau, French Poet

History, Character, Fiction

15

"Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit."

"Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit."

Judith Wright, Australian Poet

Cultural, Culture, Spirit

15

"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"

"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Happiness, Beauty, Nature, Romance

15

"Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today."

"Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today."

Diane Wakoski, American Poet

Love, Irish, Language, Today

15

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Art, Procrastination, Yesterday

15

"It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race."

"It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race."

Robert Service, Scottish Poet

Persistence, Quiet, Race

15

"These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it."

"These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

Democracy, Democrats, Nothing

15

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

Wislawa Szymborska, Polish Poet

Life, Knowledge, Questions

15

"Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!"

"Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!"

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Life, Dream, End, Fight

15

"Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."

"Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."

John Donne, British Poet

15

"Have you forgotten what it feels like to be alive? The grace of life shining on you, each breath vitalizing you with possibility? Remember!"

"Have you forgotten what it feels like to be alive? The grace of life shining on you, each breath vitalizing you with possibility? Remember!"

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Vitality, Life, Grace, Truth, Happiness

15

"Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times."

"Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Man, Men, Stars

15

"Fathers are - The teeth on a saw, The head of a nail, The blades on a mower. Fathers are - The grit in a tumbler, The cement in the pit, The coin for the machine. Fathers are - The air in the tires, The spring in the suspension, The key to the ignition. Fathers are... the confidence in a dare, The energy of a command, The boots for the trail. Tis true you might make things work without them, but not at all like they were meant to."

"Fathers are - The teeth on a saw, The head of a nail, The blades on a mower. Fathers are - The grit in a tumbler, The cement in the pit, The coin for the machine. Fathers are - The air in the tires, The spring in the suspension, The key to the ignition. Fathers are... the confidence in a dare, The energy of a command, The boots for the trail. Tis true you might make things work without them, but not at all like they were meant to."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Fatherhood, Power, Today, Happiness, Inspirational

15

"The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent."

"The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent."

William Watson, American Poet

Discontent, Liberal

15

"We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life."

"We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life."

Judith Wright, Australian Poet

Life, Experience

15

"A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key."

"A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key."

Paul Valery, French Poet

Psychology, Key, Man, Sound

15

"However, intention needn't enter in, and if a reader sees things in a religious way, and the work is dogmatically acceptable, then I don't see why it should not be interpreted in that way, as well as in others."

"However, intention needn't enter in, and if a reader sees things in a religious way, and the work is dogmatically acceptable, then I don't see why it should not be interpreted in that way, as well as in others."

James Schuyler, American Poet

Work, Intention, Religious

15

"No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me."

"No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me."

William Congreve, English Poet

Enemy, Learning

15

"Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow."

"Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Appreciation, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom

15

"Veiling truth in mystery."

"Veiling truth in mystery."

Virgil, Roman Poet

15

"If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail."

"If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

Love, God, Heart, Strength

15

"A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood."

"A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood."

Amy Levy, British Poet

Blood, Husbands, May

15

"The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death."

"The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death."

Edmund Spenser, English Poet

Death, Genius, Monuments, Poets

15

"Life is delicious. Waste not one bite!"

"Life is delicious. Waste not one bite!"

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Enjoyment, Life, Joy, Food, Experience

15

"We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing."

"We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

15

"Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give."

"Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give."

Amy Lowell, American Poet

15

"I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other."

"I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Being, Class, Improvement, Result

15

"And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter- they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long."

"And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter- they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Sensitivity, Soul, Word, Truth, Expression

15

"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."

"Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings."

Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Spanish Poet

Man, Men, Earth, Judges, Kings

15

"Tears are the summer showers to the soul."

"Tears are the summer showers to the soul."

Alfred Austin, English Poet

Soul, Summer, Tears

15

"Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised."

"Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Social, Politeness, Bryant H. Mcgill

15

"At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are."

"At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are."

Czeslaw Milosz, Polish Poet

Appreciation, Clouds, Feet

15

"Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in."

"Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

Life, Dance, Metaphor, Years

15

"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."

"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Woman, Women, Force

15

"No one who errs unwillingly is evil."

"No one who errs unwillingly is evil."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

15

"Art is man's nature; nature is God's art."

"Art is man's nature; nature is God's art."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Nature, Art, God, Man

15

"We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves."

"We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Violence, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

15

"The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior."

"The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Pleasure, Tension, Writing

15

"I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head."

"I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

Gardening, Garden

15

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

15

"I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at night when I wake up in shuddering horror and fear of the cement tunnels leading down to the shock room, to comfort me with an assurance that no psychiatrist can quite manage to convey."

"I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at night when I wake up in shuddering horror and fear of the cement tunnels leading down to the shock room, to comfort me with an assurance that no psychiatrist can quite manage to convey."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Sensitivity, Love, Support, Fear, Nightmare

15

"The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell."

"The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Mind, Obscurity, Passion

15

"Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within."

"Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within."

William Drummond, British Poet

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