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"Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die."

"Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Love, Truth, Eye, Old

15

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Man, Men, Truth, Dying

15

"I do not snivel that snivel the world over,That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and filth,That life is a suck and a sell, and nothing remains at the end but threadbare crape and tears."

"I do not snivel that snivel the world over,That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and filth,That life is a suck and a sell, and nothing remains at the end but threadbare crape and tears."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Life, Suffering, Reality, Pessimism

15

"To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform."

"To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Limit, Fancy, Necessity, Will

15

"It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself."

"It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Altruism, Selflessness, Life, Help

15

"I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last."

"I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

15

"God's colors all are fast."

"God's colors all are fast."

John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet

15

"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."

"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."

William Blake, English Poet

15

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Happiness, Right

15

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it."

"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

Happiness, Piety, Tears, Wit, Word

15

"To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it."

"To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it."

Novalis, German Poet

15

"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private."

"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Poetry, People, Mind, Public

15

"Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice."

"Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

History, Sacrifice, Self, Selfsacrifice

15

"I love the echoes of a home filled to the rim with poetry, books and art."

"I love the echoes of a home filled to the rim with poetry, books and art."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Lifestyle, Home, Comfort, Art, Poetry

15

"It is difficult not to write satire."

"It is difficult not to write satire."

Juvenal, Roman Poet

15

"The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality."

"The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Society, Personality

15

"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."

"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

15

"There is no reward beyond the moment. Each moment contains life's reward."

"There is no reward beyond the moment. Each moment contains life's reward."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Moment, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

15

"A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute."

"A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Artistry, Creativity, Creation, Music, Pain

15

"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."

"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."

Carol Ann Duffy, British Poet

Family, Children, Theatre

15

"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."

"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."

Lord Byron, British Poet

15

"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Age, Death, Dream, Youth

15

"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."

"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Deception, Cunning, Difference, Knavery, Lying

15

"The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment."

"The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment."

Muhammed Iqbal, Indian Poet

Health, Life, Purpose, Destiny

15

"I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed over? No, it was the poetry."

"I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed over? No, it was the poetry."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Poetry, Sensation, Emotion, Art

15

"Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn."

"Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

15

"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."

"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."

Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet

Negative, Confidence, Expression, Insecurity

15

"When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude."

"When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Peace, Business, Solitude, World

15

"No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something."

"No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Fight, Man, Worth

15

"I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain."

"I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Solitude, Night, Walking, Isolation, Emotion

15

"Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had."

"Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Conformity, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Inspirational

15

"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing."

"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing."

John Dyer, American Poet

Age, Time, Life, Father

15

"Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world-the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God's creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That's something to think about."

"Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world-the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God's creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That's something to think about."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Self-Worth, Truth, Faith, Inspirational, Wisdom

15

"I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was."

"I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Heritage, Truth, Happiness, Love, Inspirational

15

"No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it."

"No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it."

Giacomo Leopardi, Italian Poet

Appreciation, Smile, World

15

"I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died."

"I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Afterlife, Hell, Life, Belief

15

"The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate."

"The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate."

John Keats, English Poet

15

"A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter."

"A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

15

"It is the lot of man but once to die."

"It is the lot of man but once to die."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

15

"Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire."

"Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Literature, Books, Inspirational, Abuse

15

"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."

"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

15

"I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn't taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers' sword and made me feel powerful and godlike."

"I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn't taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers' sword and made me feel powerful and godlike."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Addiction, Power, Desire, Confidence

15

"A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early."

"A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early."

Rupert Brooke, English Poet

Literature, May

15

"A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth."

"A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Truth, Battle, Freedom, Man

15

"You think of yourselfas a citizen of the universe.You think you belong to this world of dust and matter.Out of this dustyou have created a personal image,and have forgottenabout the essence of your true origin."

"You think of yourselfas a citizen of the universe.You think you belong to this world of dust and matter.Out of this dustyou have created a personal image,and have forgottenabout the essence of your true origin."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Philosophy, Identity, Universe, Existence, Mind

15

"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

"Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?"

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Thought, Actions, Feeling

15

"Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."

"Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Music, Solitude

15

"Again and again, however we know the landscape of loveand the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the othersfall: again and again the two of us walk out togetherunder the ancient trees, lie down again and againamong the flowers, face to face with the sky."

"Again and again, however we know the landscape of loveand the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the othersfall: again and again the two of us walk out togetherunder the ancient trees, lie down again and againamong the flowers, face to face with the sky."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Love, Grief, Loss, Memory

15

"Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly."

"Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Creativity, Genius, Folly, Sense, Taste

15

"As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills."

"As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills."

William Drummond, British Poet

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