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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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"You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions."

"You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Life, May, Will

16

"The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation."

"The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation."

Milarepa, Tibetan Poet

Delay, Meditation, Practice, Will

16

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Dream, Dreams, Men, Power

16

"Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved."

"Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved."

Mattie Stepanek, American Poet

Strength, Teamwork, Collaboration, Unity

16

"To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the lost bobby pins back."

"To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the lost bobby pins back."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Attitude, Optimism, Pessimism, Hope, Loss

16

"Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned."

"Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Promise, Promises

16

"The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk."

"The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

15

"We wish to be citizens of the United States or citizens of Puerto Rico. In either case, with all the inherent rights of a natural sovereignty."

"We wish to be citizens of the United States or citizens of Puerto Rico. In either case, with all the inherent rights of a natural sovereignty."

Jose de Diego, Puerto Rican Poet

Rights, States, United

15

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots."

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots."

George Herbert, British Poet

Growth, Oak, Storms

15

"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."

"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Respect, Listening

15

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Wisdom, God, Heart, Despair

15

"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."

"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Beauty, Poetry, Creation, Words

15

"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."

"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

15

"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."

"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Democracy, Man, Right

15

"I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense."

"I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Care, First, Sense, Word

15

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

15

"How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought."

"How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Life, Thought, Heart

15

"No speech can stain what is noble by nature."

"No speech can stain what is noble by nature."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

15

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."

Robert Southey, English Poet

Friendship, Time, Worth

15

"Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires."

"Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Death, Dreams, Mother, Beauty

15

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

15

"Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all."

"Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

15

"I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality."

"I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality."

Sydney Carter, English Poet

Heart, Christ, Reality

15

"Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money."

"Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Life, Money, Gain

15

"Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair."

"Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

15

"Life is unbearable pain."

"Life is unbearable pain."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Despair, Pain, Existence, Intensity

14

"I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge."

"I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge."

Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet

Challenge, Writing

14

"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

14

"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest."

"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Death, Loss, Kindness

14

"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places."

"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Self-Praise, Right

14

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

14

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Truth, Heart, Deep, Delight

14

"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."

"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Death, Victory, Statistics

14

"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."

"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."

John Milton, English Poet

Heaven, Hell, Mind

14

"You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse."

"You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

Friendship, Marriage, Daughter, Bed, Friends

14

"The deed is everything, the glory is naught."

"The deed is everything, the glory is naught."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Action, Deed, Glory

14

"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground."

"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground."

Thomas Overbury, English Poet

Awareness, Ancestry, Man, Nothing

14

"There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most."

"There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most."

May Sarton, American Poet

14

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

William Blake, English Poet

Wisdom, Excess, Road

14

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Time, Life, People, Will

14

"The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal."

"The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Love, Dawn, Night

14

"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."

"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Dream, Dreams, Hope, Content, Man

14

"Art is pattern informed by sensibility."

"Art is pattern informed by sensibility."

Herbert Read, English Poet

Art, Sensibility

14

"I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty."

"I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Life, Beauty, Duty

14

"At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw."

"At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw."

James Merrill, American Poet

Dream, College, Thinking

14

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Insanity, Sanity

14

"March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path."

"March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Life, Fear, March, Perfection

14

"There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest."

"There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest."

Mark Strand, American Poet

14

"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."

"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

Work, Boredom, Rest

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