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Quote by Carl Sandburg
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdo

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. – Carl Sandburg

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We read Robert Brownings poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough. – Carl Sandburg

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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong

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