Abyss Quote by A. E. Housman

“If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...” quote by A. E. Housman — Download Open image

“If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...”

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Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.

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A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.

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His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.

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