Escritas — Poems List

Richard Wagner

I am convinced that there

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.

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Alishia May

As a song-writer, I write

As a song-writer, I write from the heart, soul and mind, not from lies.

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H. H. Munro (Saki)

He is one of those

He is one of those peple who would be enormously improved by death

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Francis Bacon

There is no great concurrence

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom

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Anonymous

ask not how far must

ask not how far must i walk, instead say i will walk as far is as needed

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William Wadsworth

Fill your paper with the

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart...

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Richard Feynman

The real question of government

The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity and until they do (and find the cure) all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

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Cleveland Amory

There are three terrible ages

There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

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Fred Waggoner

Success is relevant to coping

Success is relevant to coping with obstacles... But no problem is ever solved by those, who, when they fail, look for someone to blame instead of something to do.

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Adam Bise

If you don't understand why

If you don't understand why you're a Light, you won't survive when it gets the Dark".

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R. D. Laing

Perhaps God is not dead;

Perhaps God is not dead; perhaps God is himself mad.

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Unknown Russian

Every culture has its distinctive

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

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Jane Wagner

The ability to delude yourself

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

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Adam Bise

If you don't understand why

If you don't understand why you're a Light, you won't survive when it gets the Dark.

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Richard Adams

A thing can be true

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

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H. L. Mencken

Democracy: The worship of jackals

Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses.

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Jane Wagner

Reality is the leading cause

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.

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Alishia May

A bright smile today pushes

A bright smile today pushes towards a better one tomorrow.

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James Thurber

Early to rise and early

Early to rise and early to bed Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead

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Brother Theodore

It is fatal to be

It is fatal to be right when the rest of the world is wrong.

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Jane Wagner

Delusions of grandeur make me

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.

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Alishia May

You can do anything if

You can do anything if you get up and try.

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Niccolo Machiavelli

It must be remembered that

It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones.

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George Bernard Shaw

Pardon him, Theodotus: he is

Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

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