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Robert Graves Quotes

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers Picture Quote #1

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either Picture Quote #1

Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain at any hand but hers? Picture Quote #1

Let Cupid smile and the fiend must flee; Hey and hither, my lad Picture Quote #1

Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken smoulders still Among boulders on the hill, Far too bright to seem quite dead. But old Death, who can’t forget, Waits his time and watches yet, Waits and watches by the door Picture Quote #1

The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early drop of dew Poised on a red rose petal. The dew-drop carries in its eye Mountain and forest, sea and sky, With every change of weather; Contrariwise, a diamond splits The prospect into idle bits That none can piece together Picture Quote #1

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There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting Picture Quote #1

There is one story and one story only Picture Quote #1

Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out Picture Quote #1

As for the Freudian, it is a very low, central European sort of humour Picture Quote #1

The thundering text, the snivelling commentary Picture Quote #1

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason Picture Quote #1

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A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end Picture Quote #1

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained Picture Quote #1

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued Picture Quote #1

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat Picture Quote #1

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession Picture Quote #1

The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) will never now, it is too late, master the art of flying straight Picture Quote #1

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Then all you lovers have good heed vex not young love in word or deed: love never leaves an unpaid debt, he will not pardon nor forget Picture Quote #1

And what of home - how goes it, boys, while we die here in stench and noise? Picture Quote #1

Kill if you must, but never hate: man is but grass and hate is blight, the sun will scorch you soon or late, die wholesome then, since you must fight Picture Quote #1

Love, fear and hate and childish toys are here discreetly blent; admire, you ladies, read, you boys, my country sentiment Picture Quote #1

Few are wholly dead: blow on a dead man's embers and a live flame will start Picture Quote #1

Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale Picture Quote #1

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New beginnings and new shoots spring again from hidden roots pull or stab or cut or burn, love must ever yet return Picture Quote #1

One smile relieves a heart that grieves Picture Quote #1

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors Picture Quote #1

Take your delight in momentariness, walk between dark and dark - a shining space with the grave's narrowness, though not its peace Picture Quote #1

The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again Picture Quote #1

Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth Picture Quote #1

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Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers (Robert Graves Quotes) There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either (Robert Graves Quotes) Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain at any hand but hers? (Robert Graves Quotes) Let Cupid smile and the fiend must flee; Hey and hither, my lad (Robert Graves Quotes) Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken smoulders still Among boulders on the hill, Far too bright to seem quite dead. But old Death, who can’t forget, Waits his time and watches yet, Waits and watches by the door (Robert Graves Quotes) The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early drop of dew Poised on a red rose petal. The dew-drop carries in its eye Mountain and forest, sea and sky, With every change of weather; Contrariwise, a diamond splits The prospect into idle bits That none can piece together (Robert Graves Quotes) There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting (Robert Graves Quotes) There is one story and one story only (Robert Graves Quotes) Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out (Robert Graves Quotes) As for the Freudian, it is a very low, central European sort of humour (Robert Graves Quotes) The thundering text, the snivelling commentary (Robert Graves Quotes) Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason (Robert Graves Quotes) A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end (Robert Graves Quotes) In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained (Robert Graves Quotes) Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued (Robert Graves Quotes) Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat (Robert Graves Quotes) To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession (Robert Graves Quotes) The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) will never now, it is too late, master the art of flying straight (Robert Graves Quotes) Then all you lovers have good heed vex not young love in word or deed: love never leaves an unpaid debt, he will not pardon nor forget (Robert Graves Quotes) And what of home - how goes it, boys, while we die here in stench and noise? (Robert Graves Quotes) Kill if you must, but never hate: man is but grass and hate is blight, the sun will scorch you soon or late, die wholesome then, since you must fight (Robert Graves Quotes) Love, fear and hate and childish toys are here discreetly blent; admire, you ladies, read, you boys, my country sentiment (Robert Graves Quotes) Few are wholly dead: blow on a dead man's embers and a live flame will start (Robert Graves Quotes) Originally marriage meant the sale of a woman by one man to another; now most women sell themselves though they have no intention of delivering the goods listed in the bill of sale (Robert Graves Quotes) New beginnings and new shoots spring again from hidden roots pull or stab or cut or burn, love must ever yet return (Robert Graves Quotes) One smile relieves a heart that grieves (Robert Graves Quotes) One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors (Robert Graves Quotes) Take your delight in momentariness, walk between dark and dark - a shining space with the grave's narrowness, though not its peace (Robert Graves Quotes) The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again (Robert Graves Quotes) Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth (Robert Graves Quotes)

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