"I always get back to the question, is……" — William Allingham
"I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the machinery of civilized life? The world seems to me to do much of its toil for that which is not in any sense bread. Again, does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work?"
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William Allingham
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27 Quotes by William Allingham
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Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
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Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!
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If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the…
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She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.
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O Spirit of the Summertime! Bring back the roses to the dells; The swallow from her distant clime, The honey-bee…
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Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.
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Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng!…
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I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true…
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Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the…
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The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the…
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A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful—then, His busy hand…
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Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like Shakespeare at his best, Not like…
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