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We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.

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We know the particular poem, not what it says that we can restate.

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Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky And I must think a little of the past: When I was ten I told a stinking lie That got a black boy whipped.

Allen Tate Poet

Men expect too much, do too little.

Allen Tate Poet

The Spring I seek is in a new face only.

Allen Tate Poet

The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!

Allen Tate Poet

Jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

Lord Byron Baron Byron

What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.

George Horace Lorimer Journalist

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

Ivan Panin

What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.

Berthold Auerbach Poet

When you find that you're unhappy, know that it's because you're not loving properly.

Frederick Lenz Author

Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e'en now, Eternity below?

Abraham Coles Physician

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