Escritas — Poems List

Barry Lopez

One of the great dreams

One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret.

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Dorothy Parker

The two most beautiful words

The two most beautiful words in the English language are ``check enclosed.'

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Wilma Rudolph

Winning is great, sure, but

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

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Paul Tillich

The question our century puts

The question our century puts before us is: is it possible to regain the lost dimension, the encounter with the Holy, the dimension which cuts through the world of subjectivity and objectivity and goes down to that which is not world but is the Mystery of the Ground of Being.

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James A Michener

Yo soy un anima infeliz,Perdida

Yo soy un anima infeliz,Perdida en este mundo atormendo.

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Gypsy Rose Lee

God is love, but get

God is love, but get it in writing.

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Helen Fielding

It is a truth universally

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces.

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Madre Teresa

You can do no great

You can do no great things, just small things with great love.

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Dorothy Parker

The best way to keep

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant --- and let the air out of their tires.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

One must somehow find a

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

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Henry James

There are three things that

There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.

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William Hung

I already gave my best.

I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all.

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Nicanor Parra

In the cage there is

In the cage there is food, not much, but there is food-outside are only great stretches of freedom.

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Mae West

I feel like a million

I feel like a million tonight --- but one at a time.

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Aristotle

Those who educate children well

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

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Anonymous

A life spent making mistakes

A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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Bette Midler

I married a German. Every

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

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Douglas Adams

Even he, to whom most

Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.

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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Well-behaved women rarely make history.

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John Sturart Mill

Next to selfishness the principal

Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.

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Douglas Adams

There is a particular disdain

There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.

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Hannah More

Going to the opera, like

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Plans are worthless, but planning

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

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Joseph Goebbels

If you tell a lie

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and

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