When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

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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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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...

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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

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

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

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

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

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...

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...