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Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.

Virtue Heroic Bravery Thought
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Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks

Glory Liberty Drum Silent
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Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice .

Hypocrisy Homeage Vice Wrong
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Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

Mankind Brotherhood Suffering Sorrow
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Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

The arts The reproduction Imitation Life
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On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

The day Man Story Life
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Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Only silence Great Weakness
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History is a novel for which the people is the author.

History A novel People The author
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I love the majesty of human suffering.

Love The majesty Human suffering
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Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

Invisible Real Souls Own world
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The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

Among mankind Something imperishable Few sounds
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Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?

Descend Conscience Judge Minds
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Poetry is the disease of the brain.

Poetry Disease The pain
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Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness Dream Youth Realized
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What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

Great life Youthful intention In maturity
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Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.

Perform Heavy task Treading Fate
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We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.

Troubled hearts Discard reigns Variance Common source
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Life is a deep sleep of which love is the dream

Life Deep sleep Love Dream
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What I need is a woman who is something, anything: either very beautiful or very kind or in the last resort very wicked; very witty or very stupid, but something.

A woman Very beautiful Very kind Last resort
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The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine

The heart Your shrine Love Too divine
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In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit.
Flowery dreams Always you Regret
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A happy memory is perhaps on this earth truer than happiness itself.

Happy memory Earth truer Happiness
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Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to?

Dictators Never dream Change Smallest fantasies
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I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.

My road Walk better Hold Your hand
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A love poem can also be a protest poem.

Love poem Protest
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Overturned my plans composed the soundtrack to every excess

Overturned My plans The soundtrack Every excess
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Writing a poem involves serendipitous discovery.

Writing A poem Involves Serendipitous discovery
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There is nothing more natural than a thirst for tenderness.

Nothing More natural Thirst For tenderness
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i wonder if this state of crisis will survive us

I wonder This state Crisis Survive us
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Over the banister leans the lagoon brooding at every sunset

Banister leans Lagoon brooding Every sunset
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Poetry may help us ask questions about our own lives.

Poetry Help us Ask questions Own lives
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The night writes deeply into me.i'm forbidden to condemn life.

The light Write deeply I'm forbidden Condemn life
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A poem is more important than a poet.

A poem More important A poet
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Any expression of your freedom does not need to oppress others.

Any expression Your freedom Oppress others
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If the fruit of sleep is ripe to be plucked,night shares the light
The fruit Sleep Ripe Plucked
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The brick crashing through glass is a window into the truth.

Brick crashing Through glass Window Truth
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I encourage a revolutionary literacy
Encourage Revolutionary literacy
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Who said poetry should only be a source of solace?

Who said Poetry A source Solace
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Let's meditate on what we are attracted to.

Let's meditate On what Attracted to
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Murdering children is not self-defense,for plant takers for the rains that ride inside it

Murdering children Self defense Plant takers Rains
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Making people imagine things is part of the work of a writer.
Making people Imagine things Work Writer
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True poetry emanates from transformation.

True poetry Emanates Transformation
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A kitchen floor disappears into your right wrist a red tree bends whispers Mind your nerves

Kitchen floor Disappears Right wrist Red tree
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Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.

Body Spirit Are twins God
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Today will die tomorrow.

Today Will die Tomorrow
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Fate is a sea without a shore, and the soul is a rock that abides.

Fate Sea A shore The soul
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In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part.

The world Dreams Have chosen My part
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Let weakness learn meekness.

Let weakness Learn meekness
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Fear that makes faith may break faith.

Fear Makes faith May break
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I have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end

Have lived One thing Love An end
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