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Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth (John Masefield Quotes)
Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French (John Masefield Quotes)
I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain (John Masefield Quotes)
All ye that pass by!While we least think it he prepares his Mate.Mate, and the King’s pawn played, it never ceases,Though all the earth is dust of taken pieces (John Masefield Quotes)
Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again (John Masefield Quotes)
Heaven to me’s a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth’s jest a dusty road (John Masefield Quotes)
What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells? (John Masefield Quotes)
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine (John Masefield Quotes)
It may be that we cease; we cannot tell. Even if we cease, life is a miracle (John Masefield Quotes)
Love is a flame to burn out human wills,Love is a flame to set the will on fire,Love is a flame to cheat men into mire (John Masefield Quotes)
Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind (John Masefield Quotes)
I have seen the Lady April bringingthe daffodils,Bringing the springing grass and thesoft warm April rain (John Masefield Quotes)
Success is the brand on the brow of a man who has aimed too low (John Masefield Quotes)
I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces,And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,So I trust, too (John Masefield Quotes)
In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it. Poems greater than the Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth, stories more engaging than Don Quixote await their seeker and finder. (John Masefield Quotes)
The distant soul can shake the distant friend’s soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles. (John Masefield Quotes)
I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It’s a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied (John Masefield Quotes)
The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He’s given. The book he lent is given back all blotted red and smutted black (John Masefield Quotes)
It is too maddening. I’ve got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I’ll have to speak three times, and then I’ll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England? (John Masefield Quotes)
People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting (John Masefield Quotes)
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by (John Masefield Quotes)
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult (John Masefield Quotes)
In this life he laughs longest who laughs last (John Masefield Quotes)
The luck will alter and the star will rise (John Masefield Quotes)
Lord, give to me who are old and rougher the things that little children suffer, and let keep bright and undefiled the young years of the little child (John Masefield Quotes)
Life is a long headache in a noisy street (John Masefield Quotes)
Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down (John Masefield Quotes)
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain (John Masefield Quotes)
The days that make us happy make us wise (John Masefield Quotes)
Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die (John Masefield Quotes)
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