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A. E. Housman Quotes

Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936

Topics

World Hell Now Hand Never Tell

I write all my sermons.

Write I Write Sermons

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

Childhood Writing Start Dream Write

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.

Meir Soloveichik

Work People Wrong Right Always

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Friend Alone Man Sweet Die Left

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Experience Mind Thanks Superior Than

I've loved music. It was my first everything, but fashion and clothes is just the next step.

Music Step Fashion Loved Clothes

I think we're very much in a mystery here in this life and that artists try to pierce the mystery with their art.

Life Art Think Mystery Try Here

The Left loves to demonize the financially successful.

Successful Left Financially Demonize

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

Lisa Marie Presley

Father Day People Me Outside Out

A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot.

Satisfied Writer Seldom He Himself

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Day Man Book First Ape Written

Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.

Thomas S. Monson

Focus Joy Finding Find Done More

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