The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

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;...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

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...

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...

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 took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...