Escritas — Poems List

Rodney Yee

As we look deeply within,

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

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Anonymous

Everyone hates change because change

Everyone hates change because change brings the unknown.

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Anatole France

To be willing to die

To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.

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Andy Warhol

Everybody winds up kissing the

Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person good night.

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Whitney Young

The truth is that there

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.

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Anonymous

If all my friends were

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them.

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Henri De Montherlant

Most affections are habits or

Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end.

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Oscar Wilde

Action is the last refuge

Action is the last refuge of those who cannot dream.

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Anonymous

Character is what you are

Character is what you are when no one is looking.

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Malcolm X

Time is on the side

Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.

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Jimmy Cannon

Christmas is a holiday that

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.

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Oscar Wilde

A thing is not necessarily

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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Malcolm X

Power never takes a back

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.

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Anonymous

You're the one I love

You're the one I love to love, hate to hate, love to hate and hate to love.

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William Tecumseh Sherman

Vox populi, vox humbug.

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Oscar Wilde

Alas, I am dying beyond

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

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Malcolm X

You're not to be so

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

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Anonymous

Pessimists are in a winwin

Pessimists are in a winwin situation, whatever happens they are either always right or pleasantly suprised.

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Oscar Wilde

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

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Herbert Spencer

A ceremony in which rings

A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

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Malcolm X

The future belongs to those

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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Anonymous

War doesn't determine who is

War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left.

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Roald Dahl

Hot and Cold A

Hot and Cold
A woman who my mother knows
Came in and took off all her clothes.
Said I, not being very old,
'By golly gosh, you must be cold!'
'No, no!' she cried. 'Indeed I'm not!
I'm feeling devilishly hot!'

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Mark Yost

History, although sometimes made up

History, although sometimes made up of the few acts of the great, is more often shaped by the many acts of the small.

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