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Alfred Austin Quotes

British writer and poet (1835–1913)

Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.

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Hospitality should be accidental, spontaneous, and impulsive, not pre-arranged and calculated.

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Omit death's certain sharpness, life would lack
The salt that lends it savour.

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In vain would science scan and trace
Firmly her aspect. All the while,
There gleams upon her far-off face
A vague unfathomable smile.

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Women are more frequently charming than men, because they are less self-conscious.

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The Devil is an echo
Of search unsatisfied.

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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.

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Friendship craves
The commerce of the mind, not the exchange
Of emulous feasts that foster sycophants.

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Imagination should
A reconciler, not a rebel, be,
To teach the heart of man to apprehend
Nature's vicissitudes, and bear his own,
With sympathetic fancy.

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Of all our feigned affections, there is none
So hollow, selfish, and injurious,
As what we christen Patriotism.

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Who once believed will never wholly doubt.

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Doth logic in the lily hide,
And where's the reason in the rose?

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He was an Englishman of Englishmen, of the old school of charming manners, flavoured by occasional downrightness of speech.

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Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As Spring revives the year,
And hails us with the cuckoo's song,
To show that she is here;

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Why should you,
Because the world is foolish, not be wise?

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One must be intoxicated by scenery, in order to appreciate it. Tranquil survey is not enough, and scrutinising curiosity is fatal.

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