Quote by Wallace Stevens
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. – Wallace Stevens

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Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom. – Wallace Stevens

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The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. – Wallace Stevens

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Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done. – Charles Wesley

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No memory is ever alone its at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations. – Louis LAmour

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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. – Herodotus

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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. – Anton Chekhov

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