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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

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Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Humanity Reality
Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.
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Decision Time Vision Yourself
There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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Death Life Oneself Remember Yourself
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
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Failure Writing
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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Election Fake Live Peace Politics
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Fantasy Myself Sing Thinking
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Fear Myself Yourself
There’s no vocabulary For love within a family, love that’s lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.
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Deep Family Light Love See Silence Talk
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
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Best Evidence Existence Future Hope Library Man
I can connect Nothing with nothing
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Connection Myself One Liner
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.
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Beautiful Courage Enough Life Man
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Inspirational Possible Risk
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Humor Serious

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

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