Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out… — Alfred Edward Housman
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts — Alfred Edward Housman
Into my heart on air that kills from yon far country blows: what are those blue remembered hills — Alfred Edward Housman
Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. — Alfred Edward Housman
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young. — Alfred Edward Housman
Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time. — Alfred Edward Housman