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A. E. Housman Quotes



Quotes by A. E. Housman - (5 quotes)

A. E. Housman - From the Excellence category:

Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again. (A. E. Housman)

A. E. Housman - From the Poetry category:

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. (A. E. Housman)

A. E. Housman - From the Thought category:

Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out, but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time. (A. E. Housman)

A. E. Housman - From the Understanding category:

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. (A. E. Housman)

A. E. Housman - From the Writing category:

Nature not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. (A. E. Housman)