"For poetry, he's past his prime,He takes..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift
For poetry, he's past his prime,He takes an hour to find a rhyme;His fire is out, his wit decayed,His fancy sunk, his muse a jade.I'd have him throw away his pen,But there's no talking to some men.
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“I with borrow'd silver shine,What you see is none of mine.First I show you but a quarter,Like the bow that guards the Tartar:Then the half, and then the whole,Ever dancing round the pole.”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.”
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“One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.”
“Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Dazzling sky to the far cirrus clouds. I gaze at wild geese vanishing into the south. If we cannot reach the Long Wall we are not true men. On my fingers I count the twenty thousand li we have already marched. On the summit of Liupan the west wind lazily ripples our red banner. Today we have the long rope in our hands. When will we tie up the gray dragon of the seven stars?”
“I got saved by poetry. And I got saved by the beauty of the world.”
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“Have you ever started a path? No one seems willing to do this. We don't mind using existing paths, but we rarely start new ones. Do it today. Start a path. Even if it doesn't lead anywhere”
“Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.”
“To arrive at abstraction, it is always necessary to begin with a concrete reality.”