Quotes by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

American poet

Lived from: 1830 - 1886

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 10 december 1830 Died: 15 may 1886

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  • Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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  • A letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone, without corporal friend.
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  • Beauty is not caused. It is.
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  • Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
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  • Death is a Dialogue between, the Spirit and the Dust.
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  • Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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  • Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some Elf's Catacomb?
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  • Dying is a wild night and a new road.
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  • Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see - but microscopes are prudent in an emergency
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  • Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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  • Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
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  • I dwell in Possibility.
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  • If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
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  • Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
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  • Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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  • The Brain is wider than the sky.
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  • To live is so starling it leaves little time for anything else.
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  • A word is dead when it is said. Some say. I say it just, begins to live that day.
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  • After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.
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  • Anger as soon as fed is dead; 'Tis starving makes it fat.
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What are the most famous quotes from Emily Dickinson?

The two most famous quotes from Emily Dickinson are:

  • "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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  • "A letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone, without corporal friend."

When did Emily Dickinson live?

Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 and died in the year 1886.