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"There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it."
"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."
"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."
"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."
"I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie."
Explore more quotes by Karl Shapiro
"The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race."
"The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?"
"Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique."
"But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep."
"Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name."
"To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other."
"Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die."
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