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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow...

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow...

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the...

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the...

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is...

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is...

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.

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but...

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but...

The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.

The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing...

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing...

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

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

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine...

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine...

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...

Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

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...