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Ludwig von Beethoven had never mastered the elements of arithmetic beyond addition and subtraction. A thirteen-year-old boy whom he had befriended tried unsuccessfully to teach him simple multiplication and division.: Jan Ehrenwald.
Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling in them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.: Richard E. Byrd
Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong. It is easier to admire hard work if you don't do it.: Author Unknown
There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.: Learned Hand
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.: Author Unknown
The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Man may be considered as a superior species of animal who produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives.: Hippilyte Taine
The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.: Karl Shapiro
Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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