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Quotes by Poet

"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

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"Beware the fury of a patient man."

"Beware the fury of a patient man."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"Grief is a process, not a state."

"Grief is a process, not a state."

Anne Grant, Scottish Poet

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"We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side."

"We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Fear, Aggression, Violence, World

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"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

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"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Mindfulness, Calmness, Power, Happiness, Inspirational

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"Let This Darkness Be a Bell TowerQuiet friend who has come so far,feel how your breathing makes more space around you.Let this darkness be a bell towerand you the bell. As you ring,what batters you becomes your strength.Move back and forth into the change.What is it like, such intensity of pain?If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.In this uncontainable night,be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,the meaning discovered there.And if the world has ceased to hear you,say to the silent earth: I flow.To the rushing water, speak: I am."

"Let This Darkness Be a Bell TowerQuiet friend who has come so far,feel how your breathing makes more space around you.Let this darkness be a bell towerand you the bell. As you ring,what batters you becomes your strength.Move back and forth into the change.What is it like, such intensity of pain?If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.In this uncontainable night,be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,the meaning discovered there.And if the world has ceased to hear you,say to the silent earth: I flow.To the rushing water, speak: I am."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Strength, Darkness, Pain, Transformation

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"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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"Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you."

"Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Healing, Light, Hope, Wounds

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"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

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"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

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"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

Horace, Roman Poet

Effort, Exercise

33

"He plants trees to benefit another generation."

"He plants trees to benefit another generation."

Caecilius Statius, Roman Poet

Environment, Plants, Trees

33

"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."

"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."

George Herbert, British Poet

33

"Children are the anchors of a mother's life."

"Children are the anchors of a mother's life."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Life, Mother, Children

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"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

Wendy Cope, English Poet

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

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

John Dryden, English Poet

33

"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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"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

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"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another."

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"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

33

"A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend."

"A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Legacy, Immortality, Mind, Writing, Memory

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"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."

"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."

Horace, Roman 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

33

"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

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"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."

"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

History, Life, Effect, Language

33

"Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them."

"Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Poetry, Deals, Reason, State

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"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Reason, Treason

33

"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

32

"Everybody will get their wants, when they heartily want."

"Everybody will get their wants, when they heartily want."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Manifestation, Desire, Will, Success

32

"An alternative to love is not hate but patience."

"An alternative to love is not hate but patience."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Patience, Love, Emotion, Opposites

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"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Desire, Spirits, Poet, Khalil Gibran

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"The Ego is a veil between humans and God'."In prayer all are equal."

"The Ego is a veil between humans and God'."In prayer all are equal."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Faith, Ego, Equality, Prayer, God

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"Envy is an insult to oneself."

"Envy is an insult to oneself."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

32

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Fun, Funny, Life, Commitment, Sincerity

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"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

32

"Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure."

"Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure."

William Congreve, English Poet

Grief, Haste, Leisure, Pleasure

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"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."

"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Soul, Victory, Defeat, Glory

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"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

32

"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

32

"The only joy in the world is to begin."

"The only joy in the world is to begin."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

32

"Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent."

"Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Talent, Celebrity, Merit, Punishment

32

"The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go."

"The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go."

Lord Byron, British Poet

32

"Time, the devourer of all things."

"Time, the devourer of all things."

Ovid, Roman Poet

32

"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

32

"He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth."

"He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

History, Knowledge, Learning, Past

32

"Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt."

"Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

Guilt, Man, Mind, Nothing

32

"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

32

"Once we are lost unto ourselves, everything else is lost to us."

"Once we are lost unto ourselves, everything else is lost to us."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Existence, Self, Loss, Truth, Identity

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"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

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