War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of each happy art and faith By which the world had still kept head in air, Protesting logic or protesting love, Until the unendurable moment struck - The inward scre
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Across two counties he can hear And catch your words before you speak. The woodlouse or the maggot's weak Clamour rings in his sad ear, And noise so slight it would surpass Credence.Robert Graves
Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.
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In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.
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When the days of rejoicing are over, When the flags are stowed safely away, They will dream of another wild 'War to End Wars'And another wild Armistice day.
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We forget cruelty and past betrayal, Heedless of where the next bright bolt may fall
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Take your delight in momentariness, Walk between dark and dark - a shining space; With the grave's narrowness, though not its peace.
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