You see, my children, when the corn is ripe it must be cut; when the wine is drawn it must be drunk.
(Letters from My Mill, 1869)

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Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

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Distrust the man who smiles before he speaks.

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Hatred is the anger of the weak.

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