The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in. A. E. Housman buildcheapdelusion Change image and share on social
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman actbristlecease Change image and share on social
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. A. E. Housman drawextinguishinadvisable Change image and share on social
I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word. A. E. Housman asylumcambridgefind Change image and share on social
Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young. A. E. Housman choosedeadland Change image and share on social
Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write. A. E. Housman abilitycontentdeny Change image and share on social
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. A. E. Housman averageconservativecritic Change image and share on social
Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. A. E. Housman bluntdiscriminationdull Change image and share on social
