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One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits.
Wallace Stevens
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Wallace Stevens
Age: 75 †
Born: 1879
Born: October 2
Died: 1955
Died: August 2
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Of what is real I say, Is it the old, the roseate parent or The bride come jingling, kissed and cupped, or else The spirit and all ensigns of the self?
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I am the angel of Reality, Seen for a moment standing in the door.
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The imperfect is our paradise. Note that, in this bitterness, delight, Since the imperfect is so hot in us, Lies in flawed words and stubborn sounds.
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Everything is complicated if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
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The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book.
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How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?
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