"Her hands intend no harm: Her hands devote……" — Philip Larkin
"Her hands intend no harm: Her hands devote themselves To sheltering a flame...."
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92 Quotes by Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin has 92 quotes on this site.
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I listen to money singing, it's like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town. The slums, the…
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Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.
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And the case of butterflies so rich it looks As if all summer settled there and died.
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Get stewed:Books are a load of crap.
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Many modern novels have a beginning, a muddle and an end.
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Novels seem to me to be richer, broader, deeper, more enjoyable than poems.
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Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because…
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The poetic impulse is distinct from ideas about things or feelings about things, though it may use these. It's more…
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One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as…
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To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted
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Death is no different whined at than withstood.
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Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and…
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More Devote Quotes
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one of 332 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible;…
— Charles Babbage
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In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could…
— Dirk Benedict
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community…
— Mitch Albom
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I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging…
— David Byrne
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat…
— Andrew Carnegie
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My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea:…
— Graydon Carter
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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
— James Allen
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Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their…
— Marie Curie
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In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner,…
— John Patrick Boles
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All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work.…
— Shailene Woodley
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The internal processes of muscle growth are seriously complicated, people devote their lives to it, but the external processes that…
— Unknown Author
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If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue…
— Henry David Thoreau
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