The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

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

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

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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

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

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

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...

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.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

Laugh often, Dream big, Reach for the stars!

Laugh often, Dream big, Reach for the stars!