Escritas — Poems List

Mike Zmija

It's not where you're from

It's not where you're from that matters, it's where you're going

16

Voltaire

In this country England it

In this country England it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.

174

Thomas Carlyle

Blessed is he who has

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

74

Friedrich Nietzsche

Without music, life would be

Without music, life would be a mistake.

47

Siddharth Astir

Waste is the word coined

Waste is the word coined by mankind to hide their incapabilities & unawareness to use something usefully

23

Voltaire

The first who was king

The first who was king was a fortunate soldier Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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Erin Cleary

I see music as the

I see music as the augmentation of a split second of time.

21

Mortimer Caplin

There is one difference between

There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist- the taxidermist leaves the hide.

367

Dr. Jose P. Rizal

The glory of saving a

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin. (El Filibusterismo)

34

Voltaire

Men use thought only as

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

132

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

No Voice; but oh! the

No Voice; but oh! the silence sank like music on my heart.

58

Charles Chincholles

That all men should be

That all men should be brothers is the dream of people who have no brothers.

25

Dr. Jose P. Rizal

The school of suffering tempers

The school of suffering tempers the spirit, the arena of combat strengthens the soul. (El Filibusterismo)

42

Voltaire

The superfluous is very necessary.

155

Peter De Vries

When I can no longer

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

95

Alfred Hitchcock

I have a perfect cure

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

31

Voltaire

Hamlet is a course and

Hamlet is a course and barbarous play. One might think the work is the product of a drunken savage's imagination.

191

Dr. Jose P. Rizal

You must shatter the vase

You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark!" (El Filibusterismo)

87

Jean-Michel Jarre

A chic type, a rough

A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

68

Henry Miller

There is no salvation in

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

16

Voltaire

It is dangerous to be

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

192

Dr. Jose P. Rizal

It is a useless life

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted in the field without becoming part of an edifice. (El Filibusterismo)

88

Henry Miller

Confusion is a word we

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

24

Martin Mull

Having a family is like

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

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