Famous quotes by Poets

"The 'good old times' - all times when old are good"

Lord Byron, Poet

Lord Byron

"Smiles form the channels of a future tear"

Lord Byron, Poet

Lord Byron

"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit"

Kahlil Gibran, Poet

Kahlil Gibran

"To be able to look back upon one's life in satisfaction is to live twice"

Kahlil Gibran, Poet

Kahlil Gibran

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain"

Kahlil Gibran, Poet

Kahlil Gibran

"Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come"

Rabindranath Tagore, Poet

Rabindranath Tagore

"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it"

Rabindranath Tagore, Poet

Rabindranath Tagore

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky"

Rabindranath Tagore, Poet

Rabindranath Tagore

"By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower"

Rabindranath Tagore, Poet

Rabindranath Tagore

"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation"

Rabindranath Tagore, Poet

Rabindranath Tagore

"Cleverness is not wisdom"

Euripides, Poet

Euripides

"The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"At ev'ry word a reputation dies"

Alexander Pope, Poet

Alexander Pope

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another"

Ovid, Poet

Ovid

"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour"

Ovid, Poet

Ovid

"Art lies by its own artifice"

Ovid, Poet

Ovid

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence, but in the mastery of his passions"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

"It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

"Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell"

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet

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