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

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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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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 is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

All the gods are dead except the god of war

All the gods are dead except the god of war

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has...