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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended
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End Friendship Reality Repair
This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Joy Moments Oneself Pain
Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
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Joke Listen Lonely People
This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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End Theory World
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Communication Poetry Understand
I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Life Myself
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Fear Greatness Moments Myself See
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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Bad Enough Possible
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us and we drown.
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Deep Dream Fantasy Girl Human Sea Voice Wake Up
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
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
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Deep Knowledge Lost Wisdom

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