Famous Quotes by A. E. Housman

“Therefore, since the world has stillMuch good, but much less good than ill,And while the sun and moon endureLuck's a chance, but trouble's sure,I'd face it as a wise man would,And train for ill and not for good.”

The world is none the better for my hate, and I can do without.

Nature, not content with denying humans the ability to think, has endowed them with the ability to write.

And malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, ‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away.'

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

Good literature is the enemy of the average mind, yet to the discerning soul, it is a rare delight.

The goal stands up, the keeper stands up to keep the goal.

The lover, the poet, and the madman are of imagination all compact.

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

The thoughts of others were light and fleeting, of lovers’ meeting or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, and mine were steady; so I was ready when trouble came.