I did not even finish my studies
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
The Eyes are the window to your soul
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
There are three people in yourself - who people think you are, who you think you are, and who you really are.
New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
A revolutionist is one who desires to discard the existing social order and try another.
To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.
The people of Baltimore are great. I love Baltimore. What I looked forward to, every year, was getting a new apartment in a different part of town and hanging out. People started to see you in the character that you were, so everyone thought I was real police.