Quotes by Edgar Lee Masters
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
by Spoon Rivergathering many a shell, And many a flower and medicinal weed—...
Lo! he babbles of the fish-frys of long ago, Of the horse-races of long ago at Clary's Grove,...
The eye-balls were seared with a milky mucus; The madness of a dying soul...
Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love Life.
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.
I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds, Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln,...
