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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I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

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.

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...

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 despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

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.

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 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...

Nothing can justify war.

Nothing can justify war.

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...

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all

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...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence...

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence...

The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former...

The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former...

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...

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.