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Robert Graves Quotes

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them Picture Quote #1

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science Picture Quote #1

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure Picture Quote #1

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good Picture Quote #1

War was return of Earth to ugly Earth, war was foundering of sublimities, extinction of each happy art and faith by which the world had still kept head in air Picture Quote #1

If I were a young man with my bones full of marrow, oh, if I were a bold young man straight as an arrow, i'd store up no virtue for heaven's distant plain, i'd live at ease as I did please and sin once again Picture Quote #1

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I am an old man with my bones very brittle, though I am a poor old man worth very little, yet I suck at my long pipe at peace in the sun, I do not fret nor much regret that my work is done Picture Quote #1

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

Lovers to-day and for all time preserve the meaning of my rhyme: love is not kindly nor yet grim but does to you as you to him Picture Quote #1

Immeasurable at every hour: he first taught lovers how to kiss, he brings down sunshine after shower, thunder and hate are his also, he is yes and he is no Picture Quote #1

Riding on the shell and shot. He smites you down, he succours you, and where you seek him, he is not Picture Quote #1

He is older than the seas, older than the plains and hills, and older than the light that spills from the sun's hot wheel on these. He wakes the gale that tears your trees, he sings to you from window sills Picture Quote #1

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Now I begin to know at last, these nights when I sit down to rhyme, the form and measure of that vast God we call poetry, he who stoops and leaps me through his paper hoops a little higher every time Picture Quote #1

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

Children born of fairy stock never need for shirt or frock, never want for food or fire, always get their heart's desire Picture Quote #1

So when I'm killed, don't wait for me, walking the dim corridor; In heaven or hell, don't wait for me, or you must wait for evermore. You'll find me buried, living-dead In these verses that you've read Picture Quote #1

Poet, never chase the dream. Laugh yourself and turn away. Mask your hunger, let it seem small matter if he come or stay; but when he nestles in your hand at last, close up your fingers tight and hold him fast Picture Quote #1

Entrance and exit wounds are silvered clean, The track aches only when the rain reminds. The one-legged man forgets his leg of wood, The one-armed man his jointed wooden arm. The blinded man sees with his ears and hands As much or more than once with both his eyes Picture Quote #1

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There is one story and one story only that will prove worth your telling, whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser guards belong that startle with their shining such common stories as they stray into Picture Quote #1

Fear in your heart cries to the loving-cup: sorrow to sorrow as the sparks fly upward. The log groans and confesses there is one story and one story only Picture Quote #1

It doesn't matter what's the cause, what wrong they say we're righting, a curse for treaties, bonds and laws, when we're to do the fighting! Picture Quote #1

The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites Picture Quote #1

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them Picture Quote #1

I don’t really feel my poems are mine at all. I didn’t create them out of nothing. I owe them to my relations with other people Picture Quote #1

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I revise the manuscript till I can’t read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the typing. Then it’s retyped again. Then there’s a third typing, which is the final one. Nothing should then remain that offends the eye Picture Quote #1

About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return Picture Quote #1

This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet’s destiny is to love Picture Quote #1

As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned Picture Quote #1

Before an attack, the platoon pools all its available cash and the survivors divide it up afterwards. Those who are killed can’t complain, the wounded would have given far more than that to escape as they have, and the unwounded regard the money as a consolation prize for still being here Picture Quote #1

Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves Picture Quote #1

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If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them (Robert Graves Quotes) Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science (Robert Graves Quotes) A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure (Robert Graves Quotes) The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good (Robert Graves Quotes) War was return of Earth to ugly Earth, war was foundering of sublimities, extinction of each happy art and faith by which the world had still kept head in air (Robert Graves Quotes) If I were a young man with my bones full of marrow, oh, if I were a bold young man straight as an arrow, i'd store up no virtue for heaven's distant plain, i'd live at ease as I did please and sin once again (Robert Graves Quotes) I am an old man with my bones very brittle, though I am a poor old man worth very little, yet I suck at my long pipe at peace in the sun, I do not fret nor much regret that my work is done (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) Lovers to-day and for all time preserve the meaning of my rhyme: love is not kindly nor yet grim but does to you as you to him (Robert Graves Quotes) Immeasurable at every hour: he first taught lovers how to kiss, he brings down sunshine after shower, thunder and hate are his also, he is yes and he is no (Robert Graves Quotes) Riding on the shell and shot. He smites you down, he succours you, and where you seek him, he is not (Robert Graves Quotes) He is older than the seas, older than the plains and hills, and older than the light that spills from the sun's hot wheel on these. He wakes the gale that tears your trees, he sings to you from window sills (Robert Graves Quotes) Now I begin to know at last, these nights when I sit down to rhyme, the form and measure of that vast God we call poetry, he who stoops and leaps me through his paper hoops a little higher every time (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) Children born of fairy stock never need for shirt or frock, never want for food or fire, always get their heart's desire (Robert Graves Quotes) So when I'm killed, don't wait for me, walking the dim corridor; In heaven or hell, don't wait for me, or you must wait for evermore. You'll find me buried, living-dead In these verses that you've read (Robert Graves Quotes) Poet, never chase the dream. Laugh yourself and turn away. Mask your hunger, let it seem small matter if he come or stay; but when he nestles in your hand at last, close up your fingers tight and hold him fast (Robert Graves Quotes) Entrance and exit wounds are silvered clean, The track aches only when the rain reminds. The one-legged man forgets his leg of wood, The one-armed man his jointed wooden arm. The blinded man sees with his ears and hands As much or more than once with both his eyes (Robert Graves Quotes) There is one story and one story only that will prove worth your telling, whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser guards belong that startle with their shining such common stories as they stray into (Robert Graves Quotes) Fear in your heart cries to the loving-cup: sorrow to sorrow as the sparks fly upward. The log groans and confesses there is one story and one story only (Robert Graves Quotes) It doesn't matter what's the cause, what wrong they say we're righting, a curse for treaties, bonds and laws, when we're to do the fighting! (Robert Graves Quotes) The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites (Robert Graves Quotes) Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them (Robert Graves Quotes) I don’t really feel my poems are mine at all. I didn’t create them out of nothing. I owe them to my relations with other people (Robert Graves Quotes) I revise the manuscript till I can’t read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the typing. Then it’s retyped again. Then there’s a third typing, which is the final one. Nothing should then remain that offends the eye (Robert Graves Quotes) About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return (Robert Graves Quotes) This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet’s destiny is to love (Robert Graves Quotes) As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned (Robert Graves Quotes) Before an attack, the platoon pools all its available cash and the survivors divide it up afterwards. Those who are killed can’t complain, the wounded would have given far more than that to escape as they have, and the unwounded regard the money as a consolation prize for still being here (Robert Graves Quotes) Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves (Robert Graves Quotes)

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