Marianne Moore
American poet
Lived from: 1887 - 1972
Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: 
United States
Born: 15 november 1887 Died: 5 february 1972
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War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.
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A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
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As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.
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Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.
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It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
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My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
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Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
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Superior people never make long visits.
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We are suffering from too much sarcasm.
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When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
― Marianne Moore
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