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"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."

"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."

William Cowper, English Poet

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"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope."

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."

"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."

Pam Brown, American Poet

Friendship, Letters, Needs, Silly

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"The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart."

"The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

Heart, Eyes, Gold, Night

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"A world in the hand is worth two in the bush."

"A world in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Metaphor, World, Values

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"The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone."

"The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone."

Paul Celan, Romanian Poet

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"I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior."

"I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior."

Diane Wakoski, American Poet

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"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me."

"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings."

"I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Life, Art, Poetry, Language

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"Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies.""

"Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies.""

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

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"The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows."

"The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Parenting, Love, Happiness, Wisdom

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"Things always appear clear and simple from behind glass. It is in the thick of tribulations that blurring details arise, complicating my life. You can't rightly judge me, nor can you assist, from a shielded viewpoint."

"Things always appear clear and simple from behind glass. It is in the thick of tribulations that blurring details arise, complicating my life. You can't rightly judge me, nor can you assist, from a shielded viewpoint."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Judgment, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life."

"Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

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"There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds."

"There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents."

"Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents."

Hilda Doolittle, American Poet

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"If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave."

"If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

Friendship, Friend, Affection, Will

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"I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory."

"I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

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"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

Homer, Greek Poet

Friendship, Friend, Difficulty, Dying, Worth

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"The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is."

"The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is."

Jupiter Hammon, American Poet

God, Men, Bible, May

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"Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production."

"Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production."

Joseph Brodsky, American Poet

Poetry, Life, Production

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"Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form."

"Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Experience, Criticism, May

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"Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse."

"Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse."

Joseph Brodsky, American Poet

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"I am a man for whom the outside world exists."

"I am a man for whom the outside world exists."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

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"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for."

"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Family, Children, Nothing, Parents

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"It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein."

"It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein."

Raymond Queneau, French Poet

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"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

"Hunger is insolent, and will be fed."

Homer, Greek Poet

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"Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower."

"Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

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"There are very few great poets in the world."

"There are very few great poets in the world."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Poet, Poets, World

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"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Pain, Self, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"The strongest passion is fear."

"The strongest passion is fear."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

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"I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race."

"I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Death, People, Act, Being

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"I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no."

"I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

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"Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive."

"Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive."

William Dunbar, Scottish Poet

Wisdom, Men, Knowledge, Acquaintance

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"Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness."

"Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness."

May Sarton, American Poet

Discipline, Creation, Day, Foolishness

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"God is the perfect poet."

"God is the perfect poet."

Robert Browning, English Poet

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"I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly."

"I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

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"Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.The blessing is in the seed."

"Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.The blessing is in the seed."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Beginning, Beginnings

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"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future."

"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Time, Life, Future, Past, Present

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"There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave."

"There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

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"What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?"

"What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?"

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Family, Son, Horses

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"I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality."

"I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, Personality

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"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Consumption, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first."

"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

Priority, First

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"Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do."

"Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do."

Robert Browning, English Poet

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"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."

"When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Metaphor, Wisdom, Perception, Change, Truth

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"The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell youDon't go back to sleep!You must ask for what you really want.Don't go back to sleep!People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,The door is round and openDon't go back to sleep!"

"The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell youDon't go back to sleep!You must ask for what you really want.Don't go back to sleep!People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,The door is round and openDon't go back to sleep!"

Rumi, Persian Poet

Awakening, Inspirational, Awareness, Dream, Wisdom

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"This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler."

"This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Alcohol, Cunning, Fault, First, Wine

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"Your wealth is where your friends are."

"Your wealth is where your friends are."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Friendship, Wealth, Friends

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"Sleep like you can never be deadDream as if you have a soul inside your head."

"Sleep like you can never be deadDream as if you have a soul inside your head."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Sleep, Dream, Soul, Life

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