Shakespeare, the Romantics, and centuries of English verse.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known
— Edmund Spenser
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
The blade itself incites to deeds of violence
— Homer
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
— John Donne
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
Solitude sometimes is best society
— John Milton
"Solitude sometimes is best society"
Time and tide wait for no man
— Geoffrey Chaucer
"Time and tide wait for no man"
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"
Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun
— Seamus Heaney
"Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests; snug as a gun"
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime the longed-for tida...
"History says, don't hope on this side of the grave, but then, once in a lifetime..."