"Poetry is the scholar's art."

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Source : Wallace Stevens (2011). “Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose”, p.248, Vintage

Wallace Stevens

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“Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.”

Source : Anne Fadiman (2011). “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader”, p.89, Macmillan
“The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.”
“It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.”
“O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, And the marvel of earth and sun Is all for the joy of woman and man And the longing that makes them one." (Between the Dusk of a Summer Night, 13-16)”

Source : William Ernest Henley, “Between The Dusk Of A Summer Night”
“I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.”
“It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.”
“The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!”
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.”

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