A. E. Housman quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, A. E. Housman has a lot to say. In this list we present the 11 best A. E. Housman quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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A. E. Housman quotes
Malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s ways to man.
— A. E. Housman
I a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
— A. E. Housman
The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
— A. E. Housman
And how am I to face the odds of man’s bedevilment and God’s? I a stranger and afraid in a world I never made.
— A. E. Housman
Clay lies still but blood’s a rover Breath’s a ware that will not keep Up lad when the journey’s over There’ll be time enough to sleep.
— A. E. Housman
The loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands about the woodland ride wearing white for Eastertide.
— A. E. Housman
Clay lies still but blood’s a rover Breath’s a ware that will not keep. Up lad: when the journey’s over There’ll be time enough to sleep.
— A. E. Housman
I a stranger and afraid in a world I never made.
— A. E. Housman
Three minutes’ thought would suffice to find this out . but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
— A. E. Housman
Nature not content with denying him the ability to think has endowed him with the ability to write.
— A. E. Housman
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
— A. E. Housman
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
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