"If a man will comprehend the richness and……" — 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..."
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84 Quotes by A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman has 84 quotes on this site.
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And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and…
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Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in…
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy…
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Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them…
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Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why…
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They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but…
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The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells,…
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More Abyss Quotes
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
— Honore de Balzac
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The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective…
— Tammy Bruce
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It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies…
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Poetry...the deepest abyss of infinity.
— Sally-Ann Roberts
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The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged…
— Lewis Mumford
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All things are sold: the very light of heaven is venal; earth's unsparing gifts of love, the smallest and most…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come…
— Felix Dennis
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Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand…
— Winston Churchill
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those…
— Bertolt Brecht
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Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the…
— Thomas Huxley
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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and…
— Simone Weil
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