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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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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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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:
The vineyard above the sea
Airborn Hijos Del Aire
Cracks in the Universe (Oxford Poets
Amusements in Chess (1845)
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