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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

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,...

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.

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot...

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot...

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.