I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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.

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...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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

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

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

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.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.