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Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists.

Antonio Machado

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Antonio Machado
Age: 63 †
Born: 1875
Born: July 26
Died: 1939
Died: February 22
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Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz
António Machado
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In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.
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Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.
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Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
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Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.
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The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.
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It is good knowing that glasses are to drink from the bad thing is not to know what thirst is for.
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And to walk through life in dreams out of love for the hand that guides us.
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