“Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.”

About Walter de la Mare

1873 – 1956

English poet and novelist.

“Without imagination of the one kind or the other, mortal existence is indeed a dreary and prosaic business.”

“Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon.”

“It's a very odd thing— As odd as can be— That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”