“Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: beauty
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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs,
“Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: home
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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive,
“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: poetry
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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.
“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: sad
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The True meaning of religion is thus,
“The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.
“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: patience
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The freethinking of one age is the
“The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: age
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Poetry; a criticism of life under the
“Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: poetry
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the
“Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom – all, which makes death a hideous show.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: death
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying
“Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: men
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Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall
“Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.”
— Matthew Arnold
Author: Matthew Arnold
Category: knowledge
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