Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.
Henry David Thoreau in Houghton Mifflin
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Omit needless words.
quote by William Strunk, Jr.
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General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
quote by Mason Cooley
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No use of good seeds
A woman takes a man
Who is safe for her to get,
And omit all others in wait.
22.06.2004
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
quote by Ernest Hemingway
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Neither Free Nor Fair
If it is neither free nor fair
You cannor declare completion of war.
Victory and defeat is not ours
If carelessly omit it ignite fire.
poem by Gajanan Mishra
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I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night, concerning what was coming upon the whole earth.
quote by Joanna Southcott
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We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol.
quote by Bobby Darin
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
quote by Oliver Stone
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We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.
No love here
Your kiss still fresh
on my lips memory.
Frozen in the past by your wintry touch
that has taken my breath.
Spellbound by those eyes that lie.
Our two heart did collide
one now left in despair.
In the infinite oblivion
my spirit seeks refuge
in this dark bar
where I sit in anguish
seeking to omit you from my memory.
poem by Doc. Smooth
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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
quote by William Jennings Bryan
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Awaiting
awaiting day elapse
elapsing of it memory for the shake of memory
when beauty of wave that kiss the coast
omit the ripples without meaning
when what wind fizz
without tone
when musical tones
heard whoop it up
ah, I really toothache
awaiting something that is no meaning.
poem by Prasetya Utama
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A whore is holier
A woman in extra marital love
With a man, though in mind,
A woman in extra marital sex
As an accident,
The former is more adulterous.
The latter is still faithful.
Don’t mix love and sex.
A whore is holier than a paramour.
27.01.2000, Kottayam to omit
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Scandal
A female has two options:
To reject or accept
A male has two options:
To omit or select
Male is active. Female is passive.
The move comes from the male
The move is fluid in state,
Flowing from up to down
That is why man
Is not blamed for the scandal
27.06.2002, pakd
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Starlight - Starbright
Darkness is all around
Evening has gone to bed
One lonely star appears
Just above my head
I would be quite saddened
If this was it's destined plight
But soon a million others
Will illuminate this night
That shall be too late I fear
I must speak my wishes now
It has to be the first star
To present my plea or vow
So I beg of you this moment
Oh radiant and beautiful star
That brightens up the universe
From a distance oh so far
Please make the world more gentle
Silence the cannons roars
Omit all the senseless hatred
And put an end to all the wars.
poem by Carl F. Stratton
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Hard
I try to write about my feeling
Though for others they don't have meaning
First few lines I can write easily
But those last ending lines are silly
To write it takes a lots of time
Hours to just complete last line
My few poems are not even complete
I try and try but cant, so I omit
And move to next poem
And finally complete
I now know to write it's too tough
So to all, who pour their feeling on paper "hats off"
The end
poem by Sushanta Rokka
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Vast Oasis
Open with obesity the vast oasis
Of this fragile planet we call ourselves;
Absent with abruptness, this land of love has achiness,
My counting counsel has many bookshelves.
With everybody in the world working like werewolves
We have whirled into whirlpools for the acts we commit.
Obese assemblies of ancestry wing their wolves
Into oblivion as time testifies with sin what to omit.
Permit me to call on the aces and kings
Of the playable cards and their wrangling,
Each wanting it, walking about with bearings,
Acute awareness is their pride on this planet accumulating.
poem by Naveed Akram
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Sonnet For the 14th of February
No popular respect will I omit
To do thee honor on this happy day,
When every loyal lover tasks his wit
His simple truth in studious rhymes to pay,
And to his mistress dear his hopes convey.
Rather thou knowest I would still outrun
All calendars with Love's,—whose date alway
Thy bright eyes govern better than the Sun,—
For with thy favor was my life begun;
And still I reckon on from smiles to smiles,
And not by summers, for I thrive on none
But those thy cheerful countenance complies:
Oh! if it be to choose and call thee mine,
Love, thou art every day my Valentine.
poem by Thomas Hood
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And no more dreams
Dream always
If fail the ways
If you find no rays
If you are not able to pass the days
It ultimately pays
Let us not limit
Let us not forget and omit
Let it mushroom and permit
To grow in open and under the sky
Never question and ask why?
It is always there but don’t feel shy
Trust him always and sincerely try
Think of powerful wings and fly
Where will you stop?
Mountains atop
At horizon’s end
What will you send?
Beautiful roses
Good pictures
With nice poses
Breath for a while
Prepare for an extra mile
Look in the eyes
Go and get him
He is there to greet
Ready to meet
That’s it
Why to dream when it is there?
Think how to find and where?
Would you ever care?
Is it not fair?
Not to stare
See through
Love true
Only woo
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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