No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.

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Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor...

I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor...

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack...

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack...

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions...

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions...

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where...