Category: poet
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman
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Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I’d listen to Italian music.
Maya Angelou
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I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us.
Mary Oliver
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
Walt Whitman
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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Horace
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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Victor Hugo
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The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one’s steps, and reach the air above, there’s the rub.
Virgil
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One sword keeps another in the sheath.
George Herbert
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None but himself can be his parallel.
Virgil