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"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

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"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

14

"But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay."

"But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay."

Euripides, Greek Poet

14

"Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed."

"Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed."

Saunders Lewis, Welsh Poet

Revolution, Language, Nothing, Succeed

14

"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."

"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

Friendship, Time, Heart, Friend, Needs

14

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Identity, Accomplishment, Trying, World

14

"Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction."

"Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Animals, Conviction, Fools

14

"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."

"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Grief, Joy, Memory, Pain

14

"The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

"The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

James Whitcomb Riley, American Poet

Determination, Enthusiasm, Discouragement, Energy

14

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Appreciation, Audiences, Poets

14

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Knowledge, Virtue

14

"I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that."

"I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that."

John Keats, English Poet

Love, Men, Religion, Martyrs

14

"Everything unsaid can be guessedTruth may not always be confessed."

"Everything unsaid can be guessedTruth may not always be confessed."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Truth, Secrets, Confession, Mystery

14

"Caesar's wife should be above suspicion."

"Caesar's wife should be above suspicion."

John Langhorne, English Poet

Wife, Suspicion

14

"The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing."

"The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

People, Famous, Nothing

14

"Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved."

"Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved."

William Congreve, English Poet

13

"Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated."

"Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Mercy, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Life

13

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

"A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare."

W. H. Davies, Welsh Poet

Life, Time, Care, Poor

13

"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"

"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

13

"I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator."

"I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

Poetry, People, Want

13

"Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult."

"Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult."

John Masefield, English Poet

People, Tragedy

13

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

Life, End, Want

13

"A hair divides what is false and true."

"A hair divides what is false and true."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

13

"If a thing loves, it is infinite."

"If a thing loves, it is infinite."

William Blake, English Poet

Emotional, Infinite

13

"People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals."

"People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Man, Men, Thought, People, Animals

13

"No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart."

"No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

13

"Every person born into this world their work is born with them."

"Every person born into this world their work is born with them."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

13

"Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human."

"Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human."

Antonio Machado, Spanish Poet

13

"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

13

"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Friendship, Soul

13

"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together."

"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

Balance, Sorrow

13

"Do not go gentle into that good night."

"Do not go gentle into that good night."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

13

"Life is one long struggle in the dark."

"Life is one long struggle in the dark."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

13

"Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace."

"Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Peace, Love, God, Hope

13

"Every country has a cultural legacy and religious practices for reasons that I don't believe fall under the category of superstition, something that a religious scholar should understand."

"Every country has a cultural legacy and religious practices for reasons that I don't believe fall under the category of superstition, something that a religious scholar should understand."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Culture, Legacy, Practice, Religion

13

"It is tact that is golden, not silence."

"It is tact that is golden, not silence."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

13

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Friendship, Opportunity, Responsibility

13

"Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives."

"Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Wisdom, Talent, Children, Ignorance

13

"The groundwork of all happiness is health."

"The groundwork of all happiness is health."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

Happiness, Health

13

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others."

"What is food to one man is bitter poison to others."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Food, Man, Poison

13

"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."

"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Trust, Belief, Man

13

"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."

"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."

Mark Van Doren, American Poet

13

"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."

"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

13

"That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it."

"That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it."

Laurie Lee, English Poet

Witness, Winter

13

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

May Sarton, American Poet

Solitude, Loneliness, Poverty, Richness, Self

13

"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."

"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."

Edward Young, English Poet

Poetry, Logic, Mystery, Prose

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