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Quote by Herbert Spencer
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a t

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer

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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. – Herbert Spencer

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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. – Herbert Spencer

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned. РPaul Val̩ry

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Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. – Amy Clampitt

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People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry does not teach us how to talk to other people: it teaches us how to talk to ourselves. What I – Harold Bloom

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I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but its not. – Kenneth Koch

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