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John Masefield quotes: God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays. God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.
John Masefield quotes: To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes. To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.
John Masefield quotes: Life is a long headache in a noisy street. Life is a long headache in a noisy street.
John Masefield quotes: But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man. But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.
John Masefield quotes: From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two. From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two.
John Masefield quotes: Love is a flame to burn out human wills,Love is a flame to set the will on fire,Love is a flame to cheat men into mire. Love is a flame to burn out human wills,
Love is a flame to set the will on fire,
Love is a flame to cheat men into mire.
John Masefield quotes: I have seen the Lady April bringingthe daffodils,Bringing the springing grass and thesoft warm April rain. I have seen the Lady April bringing
the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the
soft warm April rain.
John Masefield quotes: All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by. All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.
John Masefield quotes: Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing. Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.
John Masefield quotes: Beauty you lifted up my sleeping eye And filled my heart with longing with a look. Beauty you lifted up my sleeping eye And filled my heart with longing with a look.
John Masefield quotes: Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable. Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.
John Masefield quotes: I must go down to the sea ... to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by I must go down to the sea ... to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by ...
John Masefield quotes: I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied! I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!
John Masefield quotes: Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable. Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable.
John Masefield quotes: Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down. Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.
John Masefield quotes: Love is a flame to set the will on fire Love is a flame to set the will on fire
John Masefield quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The luck will alter and the star will rise. The luck will alter and the star will rise.
John Masefield quotes: Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
John Masefield quotes: But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will. But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will.
John Masefield quotes: It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries. It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.
John Masefield quotes: Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low. Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.
John Masefield quotes: O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men. O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.
John Masefield quotes: My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails. My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails.
John Masefield quotes: The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles. The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.
John Masefield quotes: It may be that we cease; we cannot tell.Even if we cease, life is a miracle. It may be that we cease; we cannot tell.
Even if we cease, life is a miracle.
John Masefield quotes: Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.
John Masefield quotes: In this life he laughs longest who laughs last. In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.
John Masefield quotes: Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French. Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French.
John Masefield quotes: Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.
John Masefield quotes: Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die. Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.
John Masefield quotes: His face was filled with broken commandments. His face was filled with broken commandments.
John Masefield quotes: Heaven to me's a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth's jest a dusty road. Heaven to me's a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth's jest a dusty road.
John Masefield quotes: When Life knocks at the door no one can wait,When Death makes his arrest we have to go. When Life knocks at the door no one can wait,
When Death makes his arrest we have to go.
John Masefield quotes: Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth
John Masefield quotes: And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage. And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage.
John Masefield quotes: Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain. Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
John Masefield quotes: People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting. People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.
John Masefield quotes: The days that make us happy make us wise. The days that make us happy make us wise.
John Masefield quotes: Christmas ought to be brought up to date," Maria said. "It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols. Christmas ought to be brought up to date," Maria said. "It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.
John Masefield quotes: The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes. The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.
John Masefield quotes: Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again. Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,
And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.
John Masefield quotes: Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter. Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter.
John Masefield quotes: The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ. The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.

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