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

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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

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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.

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

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

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.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

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

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...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

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

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

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...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...