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"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
Success

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."
Power

"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."
Friendship

"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."
Money

"Anger is a short madness."
Anger

"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."
Hate

"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."
Life

"Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself."
Man

"Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers."
Family

"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."
Life
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"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."
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Personal Development

"Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems."
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Personal Development

"Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together."
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"I like poems that are complex."
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"The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered."
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"I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that."
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"I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems."
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"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."
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"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."
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"Many of my poems are not sexual."
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