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

Quote by Marianne Moore

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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

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

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

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

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

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

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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

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