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We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.
We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.

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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
 Richard Grenier
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
 Saint Francis de Sales
For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.

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