"Men expect too much, do too little." — Allen Tate
"Men expect too much, do too little."
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Allen Tate
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37 Quotes by Allen Tate
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Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
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How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the…
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Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.
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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities,…
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At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at…
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The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and…
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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know…
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According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not…
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I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides…
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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.
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Well begun is half done.
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