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American novelist, playwright and essayist 1936Related quotes
“We forget cruelty and past betrayal,
Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall.”
Robert Graves book The White Goddess
"The White Goddess," lines 18–22, from Poems and Satires (1951).
Poems
Context: But we are gifted, even in November,
Rawest of seasons, with so huge a sense
Of her nakedly worn magnificence
We forget cruelty and past betrayal,
Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall.
“Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As translated in The Rambler No. 8 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh1Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1 (14 April 1750) by Samuel Johnson<br>Let not sleep e'er close thy eyes<br>Without thou ask thyself: What have I omitted and what done?<br>Abstain thou if 'tis evil; persevere if good.<br>As translated by Fabre d'Olivet<br>Do not let sleep close your tired eyes until you have three times gone over the events of the day. 'What did I do wrong? What did I accomplish? What did I fail to do that I should have done?' Starting from the beginning, go through to the end. Then, reproach yourself for the things you did wrong, and take pleasure in the good things you did.<br>As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999) <br class="br">The Golden Verses <br class="br">Context: Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer
As quoted in the Sunday Mail, Glasgow.
“How slow the Shadow creeps: but when 'tis past,
How fast the Shadows fall. How fast! How fast!”
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) writer
"On the Same" (On a Sundial II)
Sonnets and Verse (1938)
“When it all falls down, it’ll fall into place.”
Marcus Orelias (1993) American actor, rapper, songwriter, author and entrepreneur
Book II
Rebel of the Underground (2013)
Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) Italian painter and sculptor
cubs refers sneering to the Cubists
as quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008.
1912, Boccioni's 'Sculptural Manifesto', 1912,