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The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.
It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.
Time is a blooming field: nature is ever teeming with life: and all is seed, and all is fruit.
The size of the place that one becomes a member of is limited only by the size of one’s heart.
Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.
Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others.
The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
A star is extinguished, another will begin to shine - thus it is written in the Book of Nature
Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed.
When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
If you want a recipe for relationship failure, just wait for the other person to change first.
As many have observed, it is easy to tell a lie, but it is almost impossible to tell only one.
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
Women mostly remember the men who made them laugh, and men - only the women who made them cry.
The sixth sense is at the core of our experiences. It is what makes experiences out of events.
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.
It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others.
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.
In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.
As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.
What happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page.
They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free.
Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face.
A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman.
It takes a well-spent lifetime, and perhaps more, to crystalize in us that for which we exist.
I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.
Different times and different structures make more sense at one point in life than at another.
As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.
If love is sex we were in love. & if love outlasts the body, then I am you, it is fair to say.
He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want.
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude / And flew to the silence of sweet solitude.
I hate chickpeas. I like hummus but I ate that before I realised it was made out of chickpeas.
I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.
I don't think 'Citizen Kane' stands more than one watch. Power corrupts. Who didn't know that?