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"Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have." — John Masefield
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"My race being run, I love to watch the race" — John Masefield
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"I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied." — John Masefield
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"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." — John Masefield
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"Sex ran in him like the sea" — John Masefield
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"His face was filled with broken commandments" — John Masefield
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"The days that make us happy make us wise" — John Masefield
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"There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see." — John Masefield
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"Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song. / Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong." — John Masefield
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"I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's o" — John Masefield
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"And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth." — John Masefield
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"In this life he laughs longest who laughs last." — John Masefield
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"In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it. Poems greater than the Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth, stories more engaging than Don Quixote await their seeker and finder." — John Masefield
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"One road leads to London, / One road runs to Wales, / My road leads me seawards / To the white dipping sails." — John Masefield
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"Success is the brand on the brow of a man who has aimed too low." — John Masefield
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"Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French." — John Masefield
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"The luck will alter and the star will rise." — John Masefield
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"Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it." — John Masefield
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"It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?" — John Masefield
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"Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir/ Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, / With a cargo of ivory, / And apes and peacocks,/Sandalwood, cedarwood and sweet white wine." — John Masefield
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"Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult." — John Masefield
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