Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...