Escritas — Poems List

Anonymous

May you be in heaven

May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead

78

Jules Renard

Failure is not the only

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

71

Charlie Parker

Master your instrument, master the

Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that crap and just play.

64

Joe Orton

You cannot compile a wit

You cannot compile a wit out of two half-wits.

27

Anonymous

May the road rise to

May the road rise to meet you,

129

Benjamin Franklin

A penny saved is a

A penny saved is a penny earned.

254

Joseph Conrad

For the great mass of

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.

128

Pablo Picasso

We have a lot of

We have a lot of reasons but only one real one.

291

Mark A. Overby

Love is much like a

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.

16

James Bovard

Democracy must be something more

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

36

Anonymous

We do not hate those

We do not hate those we fight; we do not love those we defend.

82

Larry Leissner

If confusion is the first

If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius.

29

Socrates

The unexamined life is not

The unexamined life is not worth living to a human.

68

Garrison Keillor

To choose Norm Coleman over

To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.

22

Loretta Lynn

You either have to be

You either have to be first, best or different.

115

Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one

If I can stop one Heart from breaking

139

Winston Churchill

A dog will look up

A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal.

85

Anthony Klco

The haves and have nots

The haves and have nots can be traced back to the dids and did nots.

21

Jesse Jackson

you may not be responsible

you may not be responsible for being down. but you are respinsible for getting up.

59

Thomas Jefferson

Be polite to all, but

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

105

Victor Borge

Santa Claus has the right

Santa Claus has the right idea; visit people once a year.

123

Rush (the band)

If you choose not to

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

15

Marie Henri Beyle

All religions are founded on

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

90

Dolly Parton

The way I see it,

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.

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