"The laws of God, the laws of man……" — A. E. Housman
"The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me."
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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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If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure…
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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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More Decree Quotes
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Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the…
— William Jenkyn
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You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance.…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded…
— Lee Strobel
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God's eternal decree certainly rendered the entrance of sin into the world certain, but this may not be interpreted so…
— Louis Berkhof
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Sin must be within God's eternal decrees in some sense in which He is not the author of it .…
— J. Oliver Buswell
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We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at…
— R C Sproul
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If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no…
— Daniel Ellsberg
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... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers…
— Maria Montessori
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... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the…
— Yehuda Berg
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Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from…
— John Dickinson
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