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I am content to live it all again
And yet again, if it be life to pitch
Into the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch.
And yet again, if it be life to pitch
Into the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems, 1933. A Dialogue of Self and Soul
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
Last Poems, 1936-1939, Under Ben Bulben
In three words, I can sum up everything I know about life: it goes on.
In three words I can sum up everything I've ever learned about life: It goes on.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ...
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
The Road Not Taken
If two lives join, there is oft a scar.
They are one and one, with a shadowy third;
One near one is too far.
They are one and one, with a shadowy third;
One near one is too far.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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