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Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.]
To live strikes me as a metaphysical mistake of matter, a dereliction of inaction.
And as well as I dream, I reason if I want, for that's just another kind of dream.
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
There are two versions to every poem – the crying version and the straight version
One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife.
And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
See Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face.
Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.
Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger. [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]
A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought her daughter there.
The greatest step is that out of doores. [The greatest step is that out of doors.]
As flames do work and wind when they ascend, So did I weave myself into the sense.
Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire.
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.
I take the world to be but as a stage,Where net-maskt men do play their personage.
People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down.
A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.
Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.
Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start
Drive Nature from your door with a pitchfork, and she will return again and again.
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her.
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.
Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap: Who sows the false shall reap the vain.
It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.
The daisy is fair, the day-lily rare, The bud o' the rose as sweet as it's bonnie.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Every morning is new as the last one, uncreased as the not quite imaginable first.
If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.
Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.
There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.
I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.
You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven / That God has hidden your face?
Ingratitude' is the name which avatars of Narcissus give to the success of others.
I do believe that dreams are interpretable. Analysis and praxis have taught me so.