“When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: poetry
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To work hard, to live hard, to
“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: work
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how
“Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: poetry
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The sea speaks a language polite people
“The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: respect
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To be a good loser is to
“To be a good loser is to learn how to win.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: motivational
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In these times you have to be
“In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: society
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Anger is the most impotent of passions.
“Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: anger
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Nearly all the best things that came
“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: best
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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat
“Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: wisdom
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Poetry is the opening and closing of
“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: poetry
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Let the gentle bush dig its root
“Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.”
— Carl Sandburg
Author: Carl Sandburg
Category: nature
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