"Nature's never quite Sure she hasn't erred In her vague design."
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"There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see."
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"Nothing is quite honest that is not commercial, but not everything commercial is honest."
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"Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business."
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"It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching."
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"I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none."
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"For, dear me, why abandon a belief, Merely because it ceases to be true, Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt, It will turn true again, for so it goes."
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"I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye."
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"Nor is there wanting in the press Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in it nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth. The tale of earth's unhonored things Sounds nobler there than 'neath the sun; And the mind whirls and the heart sings, And a shout greets the daring one."
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"The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows."
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"He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope."
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"If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry."
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"Evolution is like walking on a rolling barrel. The walker isn't so much interested in where the barrel is going as he is in keeping on top of it."
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"When work becomes play, and play becomes your work, your life unfolds."
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"Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought."
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"I am not a nature poet. There is almost always a person in my poems."
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"Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever."
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"Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books."
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"We're either nothing or a God's regret."
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"A true sonnet goes eight lines and then takes a turn for better or worse and goes six or eight lines more."
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