The Cow Poetry Commonplace Book

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus


Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
African Proverb


In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost


If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
Anonymous


The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell


Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity.
Rossini


Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
George Carlin


Deep within the soul of the lonely caged bird
Beats the rhythm of a distant forest
Etched upon its broken heart
The faded memory of flight. 
Ginni Bly


A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Pioneer Girls Leaders’ Handbook


I, myself, have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute.
Rebecca West

So many gods, so many creeds,
so many paths that wind and wind,
while just the art of being kind
is all the sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox


How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln