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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

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

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

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

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

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

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

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....

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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

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

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...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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.

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

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...