Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. — Quoted

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“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”

Carl Sandburg · Poetry

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Carl Sandburg

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

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Carl Sandburg

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

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Carl Sandburg

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

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Carl Sandburg

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

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