He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cage conceive yearn
Justice is like a train that is nearly always late. Yevgeny Yevtushenko justicelatetrain Change image and share on social
Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful. Yevgeny Yevtushenko beautifulfaithfultranslation Change image and share on social
Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. Yevgeny Yevtushenko demonstrateintelligentstubborn Change image and share on social
Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only! Emily Dickinson birdbrittlecage Change image and share on social
Most lyric poetry is about love, whether yearned after, fulfilled, or wistfully regretted; what isn't tends to consist of laments and cris du coeur over this, that, and the other. Michael Dirda coeurconsistcris Change image and share on social
To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. Simone Weil conceivedefinedoor Change image and share on social
