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- If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force. — Charles Baudelaire
- When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as… — Maya Angelou
- Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I… — Laozi
- Recent research shows that many children who do not have enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn.… — Carl Sagan
- Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing… — Judith Viorst
- The lakes are something which you are unprepared for; they lie up so high, exposed to the light, and the forest is… — Henry David Thoreau
- Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to… — Alan Cohen
- The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results.… — Robert Aris Willmott