I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

Topics: Advice Quotes, Attention Quotes

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace...

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace...

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the...

I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my...

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my...

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so...

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so...

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life...

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life...

Love is like war; begin when you like and leave off when you can

Love is like war; begin when you like and leave off when you can

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love...

We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love...