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> [All those large dreams by which men long live well Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/all-those-large-dreams-by-which-men-long-live-well-are-magic/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

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## More by William Empson

> [“Villanelle It is the pain, it is the pain endures. Your chemic beauty burned my muscles through. Poise of my hands reminded me of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/villanelle-it-is-the-pain-it-is-the-pain-endures-your-chemic-beauty/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/proust-has-listed-a-great-many-reasons-why-it-is-impossible-to-be/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/waiting-for-the-end-boys-waiting-for-the-end/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [“Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end. What is there to be or do? What's become of me or you? Are we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/waiting-for-the-end-boys-waiting-for-the-end-what-is-there-to-be-or/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/my-heart-pumps-yet-the-poison-draught-of-you/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [“Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/slowly-the-poison-the-whole-blood-stream-fills-it-is-not-the-effort/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/the-central-function-of-imaginative-literature-is-to-make-you-realize/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/slowly-the-poison-the-whole-blood-stream-fills-it-is-not-the-effort-2/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/you-don-t-want-madhouse-and-the-whole-thing-there/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Poetry contains nothing haphazard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/poetry-contains-nothing-haphazard/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [I'm afraid I take ... this rather clinical view of love: it's saving you from madness. I'm not so enthusiastic as other poets have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/i-m-afraid-i-take-this-rather-clinical-view-of-love-it-s-saving-you/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [The heart of standing is you cannot fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/the-heart-of-standing-is-you-cannot-fly/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [All those large dreams by which men long live well Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/all-those-large-dreams-by-which-men-long-live-well-are-magic/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/twixt-devil-and-deep-sea-man-hacks-his-caves-birth-death-one-many/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

> [Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-empson/law-makes-long-spokes-of-the-short-stakes-of-men/)

[William Empson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-empson/)

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