The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in. A. E. Housman build house drafty Change image and share on social
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. A. E. Housman critic meddle criticism 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 understand perfect poetry Change image and share on social
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed. A. E. Housman bleed hell make Change image and share on social
If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act. A. E. Housman bristle cease act 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 choose young lose Change image and share on social
Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think. A. E. Housman man ale stuff Change image and share on social
The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me. A. E. Housman decree law god Change image and share on social
Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale. A. E. Housman drink lad ale Change image and share on social
And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man. A. E. Housman man god way Change image and share on social