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Quotes by Poet

"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Courage, Death, Fear

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"Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history."

"Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history."

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet

History, Nature, Expression, Feeling

18

"Never was patriot yet, but was a fool."

"Never was patriot yet, but was a fool."

John Dryden, English Poet

18

"The soul has many motions, body one."

"The soul has many motions, body one."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

18

"My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss."

"My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss."

Edward Dyer, English Poet

18

"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."

"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Influence, Legislators, Poets, World

18

"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted."

"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

18

"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."

"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

18

"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."

"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Wisdom, Suffering

18

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Positive, Heroes

18

"Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship."

"Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Friendship, Love, May

18

"At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues."

"At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues."

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet

Fortune, Poets, Race, Voice

18

"Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are."

"Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Emotional, Feeling, Man, Shame, Woman

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"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Happiness, Travel, World

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"Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society."

"Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society."

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet

Society, Writers

17

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."

George Herbert, British Poet

17

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

17

"Your friend is your needs answered."

"Your friend is your needs answered."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Friendship, Friend, Needs

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"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."

"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

17

"Nothing that is really good and God-like dies."

"Nothing that is really good and God-like dies."

Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet

17

"I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

17

"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today."

"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today."

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet

Time, Mind, Name, Now

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"Children are everything we could have been."

"Children are everything we could have been."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Family, Children, Truth, Life

17

"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."

"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

17

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

John Gay, English Poet

17

"A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems."

"A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems."

George Oppen, American Poet

Character, Poems, Reason

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"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."

"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Friendship, Love, Friend, Being, Hate

17

"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."

"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Attitude, Extreme, Opinions

17

"The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens."

"The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

17

"Your eyes need to be opened wider than your heart, when love is blinder than your eyes."

"Your eyes need to be opened wider than your heart, when love is blinder than your eyes."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Perception, Eye, Heart, Love

17

"Science begs literature to develop wings."

"Science begs literature to develop wings."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Science, Imagination, Knowledge, Creativity

16

"How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?"

"How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?"

Ferdowsi, Persian Poet

16

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."

John Milton, English Poet

16

"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone."

"I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Solitude, Appetite, Being

16

"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."

"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Home, Literature, London, Shakespeare

16

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

Thomas Gray, English Poet

16

"Grub first, then ethics."

"Grub first, then ethics."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Pragmatism, Ethics, First

16

"There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds."

"There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

16

"Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well."

"Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Justice, Men, Laws, State

16

"Aging is not our fault, but we certainly are guilty of feeling it."

"Aging is not our fault, but we certainly are guilty of feeling it."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Aging, Regret, Truth, Life

16

"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause."

"Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause."

Homer, Greek Poet

Cause, Country, Man

16

"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will."

"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

Genius, Childhood, Will

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"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

16

"Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves."

"Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Nature, Fault, Punishment

16

"Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events."

"Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Events, Journey, Memories, Past

16

"Grief is a process, not a state."

"Grief is a process, not a state."

Anne Grant, Scottish Poet

16

"Time flies never to be recalled."

"Time flies never to be recalled."

Virgil, Roman Poet

16

"Love is not love until love's vulnerable."

"Love is not love until love's vulnerable."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

16

"Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions - which become your life."

"Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions - which become your life."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Narrative, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

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"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."

"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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