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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
poem by William Butler Yeats from The Wild Swans at Coole (1918)
Added by Veronica Serbanoiu
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Conventional or alternative media? - If I can choose, I prefer the truthful one.
aphorism by Hasier Agirre, translated by Dan Costinaş
Added by Dan Costinaş
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Los Angeles, it should be understood, is not a mere city. On the contrary, it is, and has been since 1888, a commodity; something to be advertised and sold to the people of the United States like automobiles, cigarettes and mouth wash.
quote by Morrow Mayo
Added by Lucian Velea
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everybody lewd,
and you the only moral?
time to find a shrink.
haiku by Dan Costinaş (2010)
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Night Hills
Rain gone. Hills are void.
Night air. Autumn now.
Bright moon in the pines.
Clear stream on the stones.
A bamboo noise – who heads home?
The lotus stirs – who sets out?
Spring scents always go.
But you – you must always stay.
poem by Wang Wei
Added by Dan Costinaş
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Those who thought that democracy meant bread now fight for salt.
aphorism by Vasil Tolevski, translated by Dan Costinaş
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A thousand things advance, nine hundred and ninety-eight fall back, this is progress.
Henri-Frederic Amiel in Journal Intime (1882), translated by Mary Augusta Ward
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Suddenly It’s Evening
Everyone is alone at the heart of the earth,
pierced by a ray of sunshine;
and suddenly it’s evening.
poem by Salvatore Quasimodo from Waters and Earths, translated by A.S. Kline
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The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.
Alice Munro in Runaway (2004)
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You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.
classic quote by Boccaccio
Added by Lucian Velea
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