Quotes by Poets

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. Don Marquis

Funny Sometimes Cloud Difficult Every Mint Silver Lining Get Little

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world. Edgar Allan Poe

Beautiful Death Woman World Beautiful Woman Topic Unquestionably Poetical Most

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson

Time Live Else Leaves Anything Anything Else Little Little Time Startling

That it will never come again is what makes life sweet. Emily Dickinson

Life Will Sweet Never Come Makes Again

Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell. Emily Dickinson

Hell Know Parting Heaven Need

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. Lord Byron

Life Love Worth Value Made Living Worth Living Spirit Only Only Love Sacred Answer Questions Same Dying Each Four

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings. Mattie Stepanek

Sad Beautiful Angry Happy People Feelings Other Caring Way Those Poetry Share Beautiful Way Also Them Help Expressing

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are. Maya Angelou

History You Liberated More Know Your

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Robert Frost

Better Lawyer Consists Jury Decide Persons Who Twelve Chosen

Life is one long process of getting tired. Samuel Butler

Life Tired Long Long Process Getting Process

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? Walt Whitman

Great You Learning Those Admired Only Tender Learned Passage Were Stood Against Aside Themselves Who Lessons Disputed

The ocean is a mighty harmonist. William Wordsworth

Nature Ocean Mighty

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. E. E. Cummings

Mistakes Hell Faults One Thing Colossal She Course Makes Always Least Still Denied America Going May Move Cannot Standing Thing

Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you. You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a sense of a 'map' for the journey. Confusion is the hallmark of a transition. To rebuild both your inner and outer world is a major project. Anne Grant

Journey You Grief World Confusion Hopeless Sense Rebuild Unknown Project Outer Outer World Both Feel Major Perhaps Without Hallmark Territory Transition Might Your Helpless Map Inner

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. Ben Okri

Life Adversity Me Man Courage Financial Father Father's Day Gave Bit Gifts Laughing Bore Some Had He Periods Greatest Always Witnessing Greatest Gifts Same Rollercoaster Tranquil Which Really Challenging

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Cesare Pavese

Life Love Love Is Pain Enjoyment

The good and the wise lead quiet lives. Euripides

Good Wise Lead Quiet Lives