The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
A. E. HOUSMANWhen the journey’s over/There’ll be time enough to sleep.
More A. E. Housman Quotes
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I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
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Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
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They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
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Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they’re in trouble And I am not.
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Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.
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Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.
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The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man’s.
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With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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And how am I to face the odds Of man’s bedevilment and God’s? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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