I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough.

Quote by Isaac Rosenberg

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Nothing can justify war.

Nothing can justify war.

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...

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

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

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

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...

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...

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 despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

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...

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...

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found...

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how...

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality,...