Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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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.

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

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

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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 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...

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

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

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

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

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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

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

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

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...

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

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...

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

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

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.