A. E. Housman Quotes and Sayings
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“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”
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“That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.”
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“All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.”
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“Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.”
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“The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.”
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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“Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.”
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“You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.”
-- A. E. Housman