Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on...

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

Thinking is the essence of wisdom

Thinking is the essence of wisdom

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break...

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such...

These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

You think you're in the movies And everything's so deep But I think that you're...

You think you're in the movies And everything's so deep But I think that you're...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something...

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts.

We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts.

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...