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A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.
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Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.
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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth, and that which enables him to die for the truth.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Edith Hamilton
Born:
August 12, 1867
Died:
May 31, 1963
(aged 95)
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