Alfred Austin Quotes
1835–1913 England
Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.
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Also known as: Austin, Alfred
77 quotes
Friendship craves
The commerce of the mind, not the exchange
Of emulous feasts that foster sycophants.
Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law,
Placing her eggs in whatso nest she will.
Omit death's certain sharpness, life would lack
The salt that lends it savour.
There is no office in this needful world
But dignifies the doer if done well.
He is dead already who doth not feel
Life is worth living still.
'Tis a world
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.
Why should you,
Because the world is foolish, not be wise?
Men preach Philosophy, women practise it.
Let your house
Be spacious more than splendid, and be books
And busts your most conspicuous furniture.
Doth logic in the lily hide,
And where's the reason in the rose?
A writer cannot take his occupation too seriously. He cannot take himself too lightly.
Who loves his country never forfeits heaven.
Death is master of lord and clown.
Close the coffin and hammer it down.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Austin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.