Quotes by John Clare

• He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.
• The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.
• And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee.
• If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.
• Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.