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Men expect too much, do too little. - Allen Tate

Men expect too much, do too little. – Allen Tate

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So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. – Allen Tate

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Failure
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How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry. – Allen Tate

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Poetry
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Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. – Allen Tate

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Well done is better than well said. – Benjamin Franklin

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Do not be wise in words — be wise in deeds. – Jewish Proverb

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When deeds speak, words are nothing. – African Proverb

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When it seems that something can’t be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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