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

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A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

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...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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

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

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

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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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.

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 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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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

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

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.

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

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

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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 trouble with me is that I am a vindictive old shanty-Irish bitch.

The trouble with me is that I am a vindictive old shanty-Irish bitch.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...