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To many men, moderate success is only another aspect of failure.

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There are portraits and still-lifes
And the first, because 'human'
Does not excel the second


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In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.

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The cool blade
Severs between coolness, apple-rind
Compelling a recognition.


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Charles Tomlinson

Charles Tomlinson

Born: January 8, 1927
Died: August 22, 2015 (aged 88)
Bio: Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Known for:
  1. The vineyard above the sea
  2. Airborn Hijos Del Aire
  3. Cracks in the Universe (Oxford Poets
  4. Amusements in Chess (1845)

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