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One Quotes by A. E. Housman
- To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and…
- Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but…
- I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
- When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and…
- Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the…
- White in the moon the long road lies, The moon stands blank above; White in the moon the long road lies That leads me from…
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