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Edgar Lee Masters Quotes

The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth Picture Quote #1

. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well Picture Quote #1

Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender Picture Quote #1

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived? Picture Quote #1

O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep! Picture Quote #1

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty Picture Quote #1

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It takes life to love life Picture Quote #1

Work for your own soul’s sake Picture Quote #1

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected Picture Quote #1

Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back Picture Quote #1

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life Picture Quote #1

... the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well Picture Quote #1

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I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, and the silence of a man and a maid, and the silence for which music alone finds the word Picture Quote #1

The dust’s for crawling, heaven’s for flying, wherefore, o Soul, whose wings are grown, soar upward to the sun! Picture Quote #1

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The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) . . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well. (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived? (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep! (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) It takes life to love life (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) Work for your own soul’s sake (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) ... the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, and the silence of a man and a maid, and the silence for which music alone finds the word (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes) The dust’s for crawling, heaven’s for flying, wherefore, o Soul, whose wings are grown, soar upward to the sun! (Edgar Lee Masters Quotes)