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In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable.

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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In any man who dies there dies with him,
his first snow and kiss and fight.

People (1961)

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

The hell with it. Who never knew
the price of happiness will not be happy.

Lies (1952)

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can be only a footnote.

Time has a way of demonstrating
The most stubborn are the most intelligent.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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