We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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

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

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.

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...

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,...

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 the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.