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• If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out?

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Men, Fire, Wrath

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• Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Beauty, Wine, Eye

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• God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he didn't keep His great discovery to himself, nor try To make it, as the lucky fellow might A close monopoly by patent-right.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Sleep, Men, Discovery

  John Godfrey Saxe (1860). “The Money-king: And Other Poems”, p.53

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• When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may concern!" And so it is the poet comes And revels in her bowers, And, though another hold the land, Is owner of the flowers.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Flower, Writing, Yield

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.4

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• Dime, ¿qué es la vida? Es nacer,
  Un bebé indefenso, para saludar a la luz
  Con un gemido agudo, como si la mañana
  Anunciara un mediodía y una noche nublados;
  Llorar, dormir y volver a llorar,
  con sonrisas soleadas entre medias; ¿y después?

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Life, Sleep, Night

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• Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Men, Track, Looks

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.431

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• It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by observation Might satisfy the mind.

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  Men, Elephants, Mind

  John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.259

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• At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
  But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Sweet, Thinking, Privilege

  John Godfrey Saxe (1860). “The Money-king: And Other Poems”, p.171

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• It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

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  Wise, Learning, Creativity

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• I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,-- Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed, Knows the high art of what and how to read.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Art, Doubt, Library

  John Godfrey Saxe (1871). “Poems”, p.297

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• So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Religious, War, Ignorance

  John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.261

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• Alas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Degenerates, Human Nature, Pity

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• Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Wise, Wells

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• Me estoy volviendo más cariñoso con mi bastón; me estoy volviendo más débil en los ojos; me estoy volviendo más débil en mi risa; me estoy volviendo más profundo en mis suspiros; me estoy volviendo descuidado de mi vestido; me estoy volviendo frugal de mi oro; me estoy volviendo sabio; me estoy volviendo sí, ¡me estoy volviendo viejo!

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  Wise, Eye, Laughing

  John Godfrey Saxe (1860). “The Money-king: And Other Poems”, p.34

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• Order is the primary regulation of the celestial regions.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Order, Regulation, Celestial

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• The Poet's License! 't is the right, Within the rule of duty, To look on all delightful things Throughout the world of beauty. To gaze with rapture at the stars That in the skies are glowing; To see the gems of perfect dye That in the woods are growing, And more than sage astronomer, And more than learned florist, To read the glorious homilies Of Firmament and Forest.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Stars, Glowing, Sky

  John Godfrey Saxe (1866). “The Masquerade: and other poems”, p.25

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• Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf of the 3,500 firefighters on the Wallow Fire and all of us in the firefighting community, our heartfelt condolences go out to their families and their co-workers. “If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor those who make it their professional business to put it out?

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Condolences, Fire, Florida

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• God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Sleep, Men, Firsts

  John Godfrey Saxe (1864). “Poems”, p.184

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• Old Care tiene una hipoteca sobre cada finca, Y eso es lo que se paga por la riqueza que se obtiene.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Care, Pay, Mortgage

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.11

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• Long pains are light ones, Cruel ones are brief!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Pain, Light, Long

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.18

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• All things of beauty are not theirs alone who hold the fee; but unto him no less who can enjoy, than unto them who own, are sweetest uses given to posses.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Beauty, Use, Posse

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.448

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• El otro dia le pregunte a Eco (Cuyas palabras son pocas y a menudo graciosas), Que podria decir a un novicio Sobre el cortejo, el amor y el matrimonio. Dijo Eco, claramente, "Cuestión de dinero.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Echoes, Novices, Matter

  John Godfrey Saxe (1866). “The Masquerade: And Other Poems”, p.195

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• Me gusta el muchacho que, cuando a su padre se le ocurrió cortarle la siesta matutina con la manida frase del gusano vagabundo atrapado por un cantor madrugador, gritó: "¡Se lo merecía! No es de extrañar; ¡el gusano fue castigado, señor, por madrugar!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Morning, Father, Naps

  John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.134

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• El sabio puede encontrar en nimiedades ligeras como átomos en el aire, alguna lección útil para enriquecer la mente.

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Wise, Wisdom, Light

  John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.334

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• But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went round advising, That artificial cut-off, Early Rising!

  John Godfrey Saxe

  Cutting, Men, Names

  John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.133

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