We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.