I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

Quote by Isaac Rosenberg

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Nothing can justify war.

Nothing can justify war.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...

Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the...

Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the...

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed...

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed...

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined...

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined...

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...