Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure.
A. E. HOUSMANAnd silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.
More A. E. Housman Quotes
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Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
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Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.
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Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man’s deceiver Was never mine.
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The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers’ meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.
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The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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When the journey’s over, There’ll be time enough to sleep.
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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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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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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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A moment’s thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.
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The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.
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