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

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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...

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...

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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

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

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,...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

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

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