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

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Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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

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

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.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

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...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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...

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...

The poet, whether in prose or verse, the creator, can only stamp his images forcibly...