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John Masefield Quotes

«I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.»
«I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.»
Author: John Masefield | Keywords: Call of, The Call, tide
«The days that make us happy make us wise»
«There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.»
Author: John Masefield | About: University | Keywords: earthly, university
«Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song. / Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.»
«In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it. Poems greater than the Iliad, plays greater than Macbeth, stories more engaging than Don Quixote await their seeker and finder.»
«Sex ran in him like the sea»
Author: John Masefield | About: Sex | Keywords: ran
«I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's o»
«Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.»
Author: John Masefield | Keywords: commonplace, exult
«One road leads to London, / One road runs to Wales, / My road leads me seawards / To the white dipping sails.»

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