"There is no moral to my song, I praise no right, I blame no wrong; I tell of things that I have seen, I show the man that I have been As simply as a poet can Who knows himself poet and man."

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Source : Thomas MacDonagh, “Of My Poems”

Thomas MacDonagh

#Song Quotes #Men Quotes #Moral Quotes

“If you're gonna use me as a stepping stone, you'd better step hard!”
“I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them.”
“Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed upon the United States. So short-lived has been the American Union, that men who saw it rise may live to see it fall.”
“I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.”
“Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.”
“Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!”
“I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.”
“Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.”

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