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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

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The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?

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There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

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When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

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Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

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And all for love, and nothing for reward.

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And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

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The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.

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I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.

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It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.

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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.

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Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

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A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.

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The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found.

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You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.

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I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

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