Quotes about english-poet
english-poet instead tempts wiser
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. Alexander Pope
english-poet faith life modes whose wrong
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. Alexander Pope
english-poet last lay nor rule whom
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope
english-poet finds loses resolve
Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold
english-poet finds loses resolve
Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold
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We little know the things for which we pray. Geoffrey Chaucer
english-poet man rags though
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise. Mark Akenside
english-poet poets
I used to think all poets were Byronic. Wendy Cope
english-poet fault hide mercy others teach
Teach me to feel another's woe,To hide the fault I see,That mercy I to others show,That mercy show to me. Alexander Pope
english-poet few justly man though
Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!
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The things which I have seen I now can see no more. William Wordsworth
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What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out. William Wordsworth
english-poet time
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained. Virgil
english-poet twig
As the twig is bent the tree inclines. Virgil
english-poet
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? W. H. Auden
english-poet
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where. William Congreve
english-poet novel simply skip
The novel can be read simply as a story which you can skip if you want. It can be read as a story you will get more out of if you don't skip. Malcolm Lowry
english-poet
In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind.
english-poet past
Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last. Abraham Cowley
english-poet faces full port
Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine. John Betjeman
english-poet good hard quite wishes work
He bullied, soothed and cajoled. In fact, he's awfully good at what he does, but how one wishes he didn't work quite so hard doing it.
english-poet poet run
I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out.
english-poet good
I am not old but mellow like good wine.
english-poet
He's still not interviewing other people; he's still interviewing himself.
english-poet enjoyed light lived small
It is so small a think to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Matthew Arnold
english-poet nature scene
The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy. Abraham Cowley
english-poet manhood mistakes spend worth
All of us, who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth. Percy Bysshe Shelley
english-poet gives spice
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour. William Cowper