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My son, I caution you to keep
The middle way, for if your pinions dip
Too low the waters may impede your flight;
And if they soar too high the sun may scorch them.
Fly midway.
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When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
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There is a high way, easily seen when the sky is clear. 'Tis called the Milky Way, famed for its shining whiteness.
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Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.
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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Edgar Allan Poe
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March 20, 43 BC
Died:
17 AD
(aged 60)
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