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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.

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A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

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Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again.

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Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.

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No place in the world prides itself more on its vigilance and realism, no place considers itself more qualified to censure any flourish of rhetoric or extravagance of aspiration.

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There was an old party of Lyme Who married three wives at one time.

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And bigamy, sir, is a crime.'

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Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.

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Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.

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Who covets more is evermore a slave.

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Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.

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I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die.

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In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

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Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

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The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam.

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The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play.

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A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine, As my small cruse best fits my little wine.

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Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, which is as white and hairless as an egg.

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Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift them up to Thee, For a benison to fall On our meat, and on us all. Amen.

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