Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes - Page 3

• It is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Littles, Should, Priests

  "By the Waters of Babylon". Post-apocalyptic short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (first published in "The Saturday Evening Post" as "The Place of the Gods"), July 31, 1937.

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• Outcasts of war, misfits, rebellious souls, Seekers of some vague kingdom in the stars - They hide out in the hills and stir up trouble, Call themselves prophets, too, and prophesy, That something new is coming to the world, The Lord knows what! Well, it's a long time coming, And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Stars, War, Long

  "A Child Is Born". Poetic Christmas drama in one act by Stephen Vincent Benet (first presented on radio as part of the anthology program "Cavalcade of America"), December 21, 1942.

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• Ve a jugar con las ciudades que has construido de bloques, ¡Las ciudades donde me habrías atado! Duermo en mi tierra como un zorro cansado, Y mi bufdfalo me ha encontrado.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Block, Tired, Sleep

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• You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Thinking, Interesting, Gentleman

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• I am tired of loving a foreign muse.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Tired, Muse, Homesickness

  1927 'American Names'.

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• Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
  But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Use, Spoons, Silver

  Stephen Vincent Benet, “American Names”

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• I had lost something in my youth and made money instead.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Youth, Lost, Made

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• If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.

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  País, Viajes, Inicio

  "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1927)

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• Concédenos una fe común en que conoceremos el pan y la paz, en que conoceremos la justicia y la rectitud, la libertad y la seguridad, la igualdad de oportunidades y de oportunidades para dar lo mejor de nosotros mismos, no sólo en nuestras tierras, sino en todo el mundo. Y en esa fe marchemos hacia el mundo limpio que nuestras manos pueden construir.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Faith, Opportunity, Hands

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• I died in my boots like a pioneer With the whole wide sky above me.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Sky, Pioneers, Boots

  Stephen Vincent Benet, “The Ballad Of WILLIam Sycamore [1790-1871]”

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• A phrase may come to me as I am walking, and, once I write it down in my journal, the rest of the poem will unravel from that catalyst.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Writing, Phrases, May

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

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• Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Niños, Padre, Hombres

  "Litany for Dictatorships". Poem by Stephen Vincent Benet, 1935.

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• Occasionally I encounter people getting into their cars who will say, "Oh, you haven't been walking lately" - like I'm a symbol of the ancient art of walking!

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Art, People, Car

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

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• I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now blogs.

  Stephen Vincent Benet

  Libro, Escritura, Pensamiento

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

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