The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

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 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.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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;...

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 the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

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

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

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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

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

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre,...

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre,...