Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful they do not excite desire.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting...
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety and mind differs from mind...
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical...
When we cannot hope to win it is an advantage to yield.
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
You are forever alone.
So poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.
